US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Sept. 30 for "Electrical junction box" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,694, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrical junction box" was invented by Issei Horiba (Osaka, Japan), Yuki Fujimura (Osaka, Japan) and Masato Tsutsuki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical junction box includes: a branch circuit assembly that distributes battery power to various devices; a housing that accommodates the branch circuit assembly; an opening portion extending through a side wall of the housing; a lid that closes the opening portion; and a plurality of...