ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,412, issued on March 31, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Electronic control device" was invented by Ryujo Sugahara (Hitachinaka, Japan), Hidetatsu Yamamoto (Hitachinaka, Japan), Daisuke Tanaka (Hitachinaka, Japan), Eiji Ichikawa (Hitachinaka, Japan), Michihito Watarai (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Hideyuki Sakamoto (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device includes: a first board on which a bus bridge and an external communication connector are mounted; a second board on which an accelerator SoC is mounted, the second board being electrically connected to the first board; and a...