US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on June 2 for "Electronic control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,091, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control device" was invented by Katsumasa Hagiwara (Hitachinaka, Japan), Masato Saito (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Michihito Watarai (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device includes: a base member (4) that holds a board (2); a cover (5) that covers the board (2); a connector (3) that electrically connects the board (2) and the outside; a waterproof adhesive applied between any two of the base member (4), the cover (5), and the connector (3); and a liquid bypass (8) provided above a recess (60) that is a port...