ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,402, issued on June 23, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Electrical junction box" was invented by Maiko Isshiki (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Takumi Ejima (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical junction box includes a housing constituted by an upper case and a lower case that have different linear expansion coefficients from each other, a busbar fixed to the upper case being in contact with a gap filler adhered to an inner surface of the lower case, and the electrical junction box includes a plurality of connection members that are provided in a vicinity of the gap filler and connect ...