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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshiyasu Negishi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitoshi Furudate, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takayuki Fukuzawa, Ishioka, JP;
Kentaro Yamanaka, Ota, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An electronic control device () includes a housing having a plurality of housing members () joined together, a housing vent hole () formed through the housing member () so as to extend in a thickness direction of the housing member, a protection wall () covering an outer opening () of the housing vent hole (), with a gap () left between the protection wall () and the outer opening (), a protection-wall vent hole () formed in the protection wall () at a position apart from the housing vent hole () so as to extend from the gap () in a radial direction of the housing vent hole (), and an air-permeable waterproof membrane () fixed to an inner opening () of the housing vent hole (). A vent passage () with a bent part () is formed between the air-permeable waterproof membrane () and the protection-wall vent hole ().