ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,510, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Electronic control unit and electric power steering system" was invented by Martin Rockstein (Hamm, Germany) and Bernd Dautzenberg (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control unit is provided for an electric power steering system. The electric power steering system includes a housing and an electric motor, and the electronic control unit is arranged inside the housing with an electrical connection to the electric motor. The electronic control unit includes at least one power board and a heat sink. The at least one power...