ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,591, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Electric coupling system" was invented by Falk Rademacher (Gummersbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electric coupling system including an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU includes an ECU housing having at least one guide element and a first thermal contact surface. The ECU includes an electric connector. The electric coupling system further includes a receiving unit for coupling with the ECU. The receiving unit includes a receiving housing to accommodate the ECU at least partially, the receiving housing includi...