ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,702, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC. (Inukami-gun, Japan).

"Rotary connector device having an electrical connector in a cantilever manner and manufacturing method of rotary connector device" was invented by Satoshi Kitao (Inukami-gun, Japan), Tomohiro Kitamura (Inukami-gun, Japan) and Kenji Yoshimura (Inukami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary connector device includes a stator, a rotator, an electrical cable, an electrical connector, and a connector coupling portion. The stator includes a first stator and a second stator. The connector coupl...