ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,112, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Integrated unit" was invented by Takashi Inoue (Tokyo) and Shinichi Yataka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated unit, includes a drive device, and a control device which is fixed to the drive device and is configured to control the drive device. The control device includes a guide pin protruding toward the drive device. The drive device includes a guide hole through which the guide pin is inserted. The control device is fixed to the drive device with the guide pin inserted through the guide hole. The drive device includes a protective wall which cov...