ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,211, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Electronic control device and method for controlling electronic control device" was invented by Kei Arakawa (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A highly reliable electronic control device capable of preventing a reverse current at the time of GND disconnection in advance without requiring an additional circuit for reverse current detection is provided as an electronic control device in which a plurality of inductive loads are connected in parallel. There are provided a first high-side switch element that allows conduction between a battery...