ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,439, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Takatoshi Uchida (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control device including a snap-fit portion capable of improving waterproof performance and reducing a protruding amount of protruding to the inside or outside of a housing with a simple shape. A vehicle control device according to the present invention includes: a substrate 1 which includes an electronic circuit for controlling a vehicle; a case 3 which has an opening portion at one end ...