US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on July 7 for "Terminal block" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,431, issued on July 7, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Terminal block" was invented by Tomoki Abe (Yokkaichi, Japan), Daisuke Hashimoto (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masaharu Suetani (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Kentaro Tachi (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal block that is to be fixed to a case of a device and to which an electrically conductive member is to be fastened by a bolt, the terminal block including: a nut to which the bolt is to be screwed; a heat sink that includes a heat dissipation porti...