ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,174, issued on July 1, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Partitioned junction box with two interconnected lids" was invented by Masahiro Wada (Makinohara, Japan), Takaaki Kakimi (Makinohara, Japan), Kazuki Shoji (Makinohara, Japan) and Kengo Aono (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric junction box is provided. A second upper cover includes a second body wall covering an upper opening of a housing on a side rearward of a first partition wall, and a first waterproof rib standing upward from a front end of the second body wall. The first waterproof rib is arranged between the first partition wall and a first p...