US Patent Issued to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC, FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS on July 21 for "Rotary connector apparatus and steering apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,346, issued on July 21, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC. (Inukami-gun, Japan).

"Rotary connector apparatus and steering apparatus" was invented by Masahiro Zaruhata (Inukami-gun, Japan), Yoshihiro Shiotani (Inukami-gun, Japan), Yoji Tajiri (Inukami-gun, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Suzuki (Inukami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary connector apparatus includes a stator, a rotator, and an adjustment structure. The stator is configured to be attached to a vehicle body. The rotator is provided rotatably about a rotation axis with respect to the stator. The stator and the rot...