ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,286, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Relay device and power supply device for vehicle" was invented by Tomoya Sato (Tokyo) and Makoto Sumiyoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay device includes a first contact, a second contact, a first conductor, a second conductor, a housing, and a heat transfer member. The first contact and the second contact are switchable between a state of being close to each other and a state of being separated from each other. The first contact is electrically coupled at the first conductor. the second contact is electrically coupled at the second conductor. The housing a...