ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,369, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"In-vehicle-component circuit unit" was invented by Taiji Yanagida (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroki Shimoda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle-component circuit unit includes a circuit constituent member, a case, a connection bus bar including an internal connection portion and an external connection portion, a first window portion facing the internal connection portion and a first bolt insertion hole in the case, and a secon...