ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,893, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Electrical connection unit" was invented by Jun Yamasaki (Mie, Japan), Yuya Fukami (Mie, Japan), Masaki Mizushita (Mie, Japan) and Hiroki Shukuri (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrical connection unit disposed in an automobile and performing relay in supplying electrical power from a first power source to a load apparatus. An electrical connection unit includes: a first electrical power path and a second electrical power path connected to a load apparatus; a third electrical power ...