ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,781, issued on May 20, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Bus component, a bus device, and a method of forming a transmission path" was invented by Takeshi Kiribuchi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For a transmission path through which a signal for supplying power or a signal for transmitting information is transmitted, a suitable transmission path is formed according to the purpose of power transmission of the signal. A bus component for forming a transmission path that transmits a signal, the bus component including: a base member; and an energization path formed to extend from one edge to the other edge of a...