Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc. is the U.S. automotive-electronics arm of Harman International Industries, Inc. Its address of record in federal filings is 39001 West 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan; a sister entity, Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, operates in Karlsbad, Germany, where the "Becker" car-audio/infotainment brand originated. Harman acquired the Becker business in 1995, and since March 2017 Harman International has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KRX: 005930). Harman does not break out subsidiary-level financials; the parent reports roughly 30,000 employees worldwide and its automotive plus audio businesses have grown from about $7 billion to more than $11 billion in revenue since the Samsung acquisition, per company statements.
Products / operations. This is an operating company, not an NPE. It designs and manufactures automotive OEM electronics — primarily in-dash navigation, infotainment and premium audio systems — for vehicle manufacturers. After discontinuing its portable navigation business in 2010, the Becker unit focused on mid- to high-end factory-installed in-dash navigation, infotainment and audio systems, sitting alongside Harman's broader brands (JBL, Harman Kardon, Mark Levinson and others) and its connected-car portfolio.
Litigation posture. The structured data show 0 plaintiff cases and 1 defendant case: a pure operating-company defendant profile, consistent with a supplier being pulled into a component-level dispute rather than asserting patents. The single tracked matter is an International Trade Commission Section 337 action, not a district-court suit, so no Eastern District of Texas cluster applies.
Notable case. Macronix International Co., Ltd. et al. v. Spansion, Inc. et al. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-909), filed December 27, 2013 and instituted January 29, 2014. Macronix alleged infringement of non-volatile-memory patents by Spansion NVM chips and downstream products; Harman International, Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc. and Harman Becker GmbH were named as downstream respondents alongside Delphi, Beats Electronics, Ruckus Wireless and Tellabs. The investigation was terminated in 2015 after Macronix and Spansion settled a parallel NVM dispute (337-TA-910). No merits findings against Harman are reflected in the record.