US Patent Issued to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC, FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS on Aug. 12 for "Lead block and rotary connector device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,226, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC. (Inukami-gun, Japan).

"Lead block and rotary connector device" was invented by Takahisa Kakudo (Inukami-gun, Japan), Shinichi Hamasaki (Inukami-gun, Japan), Rodrigo Kendy Yamashita (Inukami-gun, Japan) and Yoji Tajiri (Inukami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead block includes a lead block body and a plurality of busbars. The plurality of busbars is each partially embedded in the lead block body. The plurality of busbars includes a plurality of exposed portions. The plurality of exposed portions each extends in...