ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,511, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Electronic control device" was invented by Yusuke Takahashi (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Yoshio Kawai (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device includes a non-conductive resin housing; a circuit board; a metal housing; a waterproof seal material; and a conductive adhesive. The circuit board has a circuit ground (GND pattern), and is held by the resin housing. The metal housing covers the circuit board and is attached to the resin housing. The waterproof seal material seals and waterproofs the resin housing and the metal hous...