ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,688, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"In-vehicle electronic device and life prediction method for nonvolatile memory" was invented by Tomoyuki Kataishi (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an in-vehicle electronic device including a nonvolatile memory and a heat generating component mounted on one substrate, the in-vehicle electronic device being capable of accurately measuring a temperature of the nonvolatile memory without being affected by a distance from the heat generating component or a use condition. An electronic device mounted on a vehicle includes a proces...