18. Denso International America Inc.: Company looks at whole picture for safety, thermal, interface systems #DetroitNews

Leslie Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Top executive: Ken Ito, CEO of Denso North America Patents in 2015: 45 Score: 107.30 Auto supplier Denso International America Inc. reinvests about 9 percent of its net sales in research and development. Doug Patton, executive vice president of engineering and North American chief technology officer, said Denso is staking out real estate, from a patent perspective, in the areas of active safety, advanced thermal systems, economist drive, human-machine interface and connectivity. "A lot of

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