ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,846, issued on July 29, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD (Tokyo) and FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC. (Inukami-gun, Japan).
"Rotary connector device" was invented by Shinichi Hamasaki (Inukami-gun, Japan), Takahisa Kakudo (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 rotary connector device includes a stator, a rotator, a first connector, and a second connector. The stator is configured to be attached to a vehicle body. The rotator is provided rotatably about a rotation axis with respect to the stator. The first connector is provided at...