ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,383, issued on July 8, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control device for vehicle-mounted equipment" was invented by Nobuki Sato (Hitachinaka, Japan), Fumiya Iijima (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Nagamori Hiraki (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device for vehicle-mounted equipment according to the present invention includes: a first microcomputer that operates by receiving power supply through a first power source connector; a second microcomputer that operates by receiving power supply through a second power source connector; a first voltage monitoring line that ...