ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,997, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Electrical connection box" was invented by Atsushi Kuroda (Yokkaichi, Japan), Akihiro Oda (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Yuya Matsuo (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrical connection box with a simple configuration that can prevent liquid from running into a housing. An electrical connection box for a vehicle provided with a case member for installing a first fuse includes a removal port formed at a front surface of the case member, the removal port enabling the first fuse to be installed and removed; and a groove f...