ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,488, issued on May 13, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control device" was invented by Minami Teranishi (Tokyo) and Shinya Kawakita (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device includes a first circuit board having a first mounting surface on which a first electronic component is mounted, a second circuit board having a second mounting surface on which a second electronic component is mounted, and a base member disposed between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface so as to face the first electronic component and the second electronic compon...