ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,596, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Circuit connection device, rotating electric machine device, and method for manufacturing circuit connection device" was invented by Junya Suzuki (Tokyo), Yoshihiko Onishi (Tokyo) and Isao Sonoda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit connection device includes a connector that has a connection terminal that is connected to an outside, a press-fit terminal that is connected to the connection terminal, and a positioning protrusion that extends parallel to the press-fit terminal; a circuit substrate in which a terminal through hole into which the press-f...