ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,744, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, 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: "In order to prevent a short-circuit failure between a conductive connecting portion (1) that is provided as a countermeasure against external electrical noises and an electronic circuit, a structure is adopted where a large number of electronic components (8) are mounted on a circuit board (5) that is mounted on a base (7), a metal cover (6) is disposed so as to cover upper portions of the electronic compone...