ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,563, issued on July 8, was assigned to DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Okazaki, Japan).

"Electronic control component bracket" was invented by Makoto Kato (Okazaki, Japan), Katsuya Hirakawa (Okazaki, Japan) and Yasuto Kojo (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic control component bracket that does not allow an electronic control component such as an ECU to be easily detached even if an unexpected external force is applied to the electronic control component, in a case where the bracket is assembled with the electronic control component. When a case of the electronic control component is assembled with an...