US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on July 7 for "In-vehicle device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,389, issued on July 7, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"In-vehicle device" was invented by Kimihito Watanabe (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle device (1) includes: a substrate (12) on which a power supply circuit unit to which a voltage and a current of an in-vehicle battery are supplied and which distributes the voltage and the current therein and a power supply-related component (11) around the power supply circuit unit are mounted; a connector (4, 5, 6) which is mounted on the substrate (12) and electrically connects an external device and the substrate (12); and a housing (3...