ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,296, issued on July 22, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Electrical connection box busbar connecting two wires" was invented by Takashi Shiraki (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first electrical connection box includes a housing, a holder (50) that is provided inside the housing and holds an electrical component, and a terminal block (60) attached to the holder (50). The terminal block (60) includes a terminal support base (61) attached to the holder (50), and a busbar (62) supported on the terminal support base (61). The busbar (62) includes a planar first connection surface (84) to which a firs...