ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,029, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC. (Inukami-gun, Japan).
"Rotary connector device" was invented by Yohei Yamagami (Inukami-gun, Japan), Shinichi Hamasaki (Inukami-gun, Japan), Masaya Araki (Inukami-gun, Japan) and Hirofumi Utsunomiya (Inukami-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary connector device includes a first case, a second case, and a stopper structure. The stopper structure includes a movable member, a movement conversion portion, and a stopper. The movable member is rotatable about a rotation axis along with the second case with respect t...