US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on June 30 for "Vehicular control system with fan and shroud for enhanced cooling at ECU" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,201, issued on June 30, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular control system with fan and shroud for enhanced cooling at ECU" was invented by Deepak Selvaraj (Bangalore, India), Rajith J N (Bangalore, India) and Varun S M (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular electronic control unit (ECU) includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a housing that accommodates the PCB. The PCB includes an electronic component that, when electrically operated, generates heat within the housing. Heat dissipating fins extend along an exterior side of the housing. Heat generated within the housing i...