US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on April 14 for "Electronic control device and ground line routing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,393, issued on April 14, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control device and ground line routing method" was invented by Akira Ishii (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Tomio Sakashita (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device includes a plurality of circuit boards that transmit signals to each other and a power supply connector for direct-current power. A ground line connected to a ground terminal of the power supply connector is connected to a ground of one of the plurality of circuit boards by way of a ground of another one of the plurality of circuit boards. In this...