ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,629, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Single-phase module of an inverter, inverter and power electronics" was invented by Cornelius Weis (Baiersdorf, Germany), Christoph Schikora (Regensburg, Germany), Hermann Thurn (Eckersdorf, Germany), Herbert Wallner (Auerbach, Germany) and Thomas Wittig (Gesees, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-phase module of an inverter of an electric drive system of an at least partially electrically powered vehicle is disclosed, comprising a baseplate, at least two semiconductor packages comprising half-bridges which are arranged on the ba...