US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on Sept. 23 for "Electronic control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,217, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Electronic control device" was invented by Ryujo Sugahara (Hitachinaka, Japan), Eiji Ichikawa (Hitachinaka, Japan), Hideyuki Sakamoto (Hitachinaka, Japan), Daisuke Tanaka (Hitachinaka, Japan), Hidetatsu Yamamoto (Hitachinaka, Japan), Michihito Watarai (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Minami Teranishi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device includes a housing including a first region in which heat dissipation fins are formed on one side and an electronic component generating the largest amount of heat is in thermal contact with the othe...