ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,629, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).
"Electrical junction box" was invented by Takumi Ejima (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Maiko Isshiki (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical junction box for vehicles that includes: a busbar one surface of which is placed into contact with a terminal exposed from a through-hole in a housing; and a cover that covers the terminal and the busbar from the other surface-side of the busbar, wherein the cover is rotatably provided on one wall of the housing, and the electrical junction box includes an open-state maintaining portion that mai...