US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on April 15 for "Electronic control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,392, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control device" was invented by Kenta Yakuzawa (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Toshikazu Shigyo (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic control device capable of suppressing outflow of a sealing material to the outside and reducing defective attachment of a bracket.The electronic control device 1 to be attached to a bracket 2 includes a cover 4 (first housing) and a case 3 (second housing) fitted to the cover 4. The cover 4 (first housing) includes a first flange 4F and a first groove portion 31 filled with a se...