ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,186, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Electronic control system and electronic control device" was invented by Nobuyasu Kanekawa (Tokyo), Takao Fukuda (Ibaraki, Japan) and Hiroshi Nakano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control system includes first through third measurement units that measure current, temperature and current or temperature, respectively. An electronic control device controls an operation of a power semiconductor element by using measurement results of the first through third measurement units. At least a part of the power semiconductor element incorporates ...