ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,309, issued on July 8, was assigned to Edscha Engineering GmbH.

"Drive unit with a control device" was invented by Marc Zander (Remscheid, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit, in particular for a vehicle flap drive, includes a housing (3), a motor (2) arranged in the housing, a control device (11) configured for control of the motor (2), comprising a first printed circuit board (12) having a top side (12a) and a underside (12b), and a second printed circuit board (13) having a top side (13a) and an underside (13b), wherein the first printed circuit board (12) is arranged above the motor (2), and the second printed circ...