US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Wiring Systems on Nov. 11 for "Junction box assembly with recessed key features" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,051, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Junction box assembly with recessed key features" was invented by Kyles O. Hamilton Jr. (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A junction box is dimensioned to accommodate electronic components, and receives a plurality of terminals, including a distal end shaped differently from each other. The junction box includes an outer wall and a bottom wall. The outer wall extends upwardly from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the outer wall are dimensioned to form a plurality of recesses spaced apart from each o...