US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on Jan. 13 for "In-vehicle control device and control method for in-vehicle control device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,901, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"In-vehicle control device and control method for in-vehicle control device" was invented by Masashi Sekiya (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a highly reliable in-vehicle control device that controls driving of a plurality of loads, the in-vehicle control device being capable of suppressing heat generation caused by a ripple current of an electronic component constituting the in-vehicle control device. The in-vehicle control device includes: a plurality of load drive circuits; a microcontroller that transmits control signals...