ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,425, issued on July 28, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Electronic controller unit" was invented by Peter Reinhold (Gummersbach, Germany), Falk Rademacher (Gummersbach, Germany), Jochen Suck (Wiehl, Germany) and Benjamin Zass (Wuppertal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification provides arrangements including an electronic controller unit, ECU, comprising a heatsink, a first printed circuit board, PCB; and a second printed circuit board, PCB. A plurality of components are provided located on said PCBs. The heatsink is arranged between the first and second PCBs and is thermally coupl...