ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,866, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Control unit having a contacting concept for a ground connection" was invented by Julian Botiov (Buhl, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit for a motor vehicle, including a housing and at least one electronic component accommodated in the housing. The housing is provided with at least one screw-receiving hole for receiving a mounting screw, and a bridging element consisting of metal and used for a ground connection of the at least one electronic component is also present, which bridging element, via a first end r...