US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Wiring Systems on July 28 for "Electrical unit and attachment method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,245, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Electrical unit and attachment method" was invented by Atsushi Kuroda (Yokkaichi, Japan), Akihiro Oda (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Ryoma Hamada (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical unit including a casing-shaped junction box having one surface provided with an engagement recess, and an ECU configured to be attached to the one surface and having an engagement portion configured to slide over the one surface and engage with the engagement recess, the electrical unit including: a slit formed in the one surface and configured to ...