Patent 11785728 was granted and assigned to Toyota on October, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electric power device includes a power control unit that is fixed to an upper portion of an automatic transmission case, with a gap interposed between the power control unit and the automatic transmission case, and a battery that is connected to the power control unit by a first wire extending rearward in a vehicle front-rear direction from the power control unit.