ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,579, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Wiring component, module, apparatus, and method for manufacturing module" was invented by Mitsutoshi Hasegawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Noritake Tsuboi (Kanagawa, Japan), Satoru Higuchi (Tokyo), Takashi Aoki (Chiba, Japan) and Koji Noguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring component includes a first wiring portion including a plurality of wirings arranged side by side in a first direction, a second wiring portion including a plurality of wirings arranged side by side in a second direction, and a coupling portion configured to couple the first wiring portion and the se...