ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,253, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Control device and manufacturing method" was invented by Jens Maerkle (Buehl, Germany), Didier Weber (Krautergersheim, France), Manfred Burkart (Iffezheim, Germany) and Steffan Meier (Buehl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a control device having a casing, control electronics located in the casing, and at least one electrical feedthrough. By means of the electrical feedthrough, a current is provided for a load which is located outside the casing of the control device. The electrical feedthrough is located on the casing. T...