ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,244, issued on June 30, was assigned to DENSO International America Inc. (South Field, Mich.) and DENSO Corp. (Japan).

"Mount for vehicle electric control module" was invented by Justin Harris (Southfield, Mich.) and Nikolai Akinin (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mount for mounting a vehicle electric control module to a vehicle structure, the mount includes: a base configured to couple to the vehicle electric control module; a clip coupled to the base, the clip including a cantilever extending from the base and a snap coupled to the cantilever to be spaced apart from the base, the snap including an engagement surface ...