US Patent Issued to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US, ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY on May 13 for "Method for detecting ingress of a viscous medium in an electronic assembly for a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,202, issued on May 13, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC (Livonia, Mich.) and ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).

"Method for detecting ingress of a viscous medium in an electronic assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Ingo Becker (Linnich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for identifying infiltration of a viscous medium (18) into an electronic assembly (10) for a vehicle, the electronic assembly (10) comprising at least one housing (40), a printed circuit board (15) and a connection region (45), the housing (40) providing an almost tight enclosure for the ele...