US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Wiring Systems on Sept. 9 for "Circuit assembly and electrical junction box" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,877, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Circuit assembly and electrical junction box" was invented by Shinya Hamano (Yokkaichi, Japan), Yoshikazu Sasaki (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Jun Ikeda (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit assembly includes a plurality of electronic components; a plurality of control terminals electrically connected to the plurality of electronic components; and a holding member having insulating properties and holds the plurality of control terminals, wherein the control terminals serve as insert articles that form one piece with the holding me...