US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Wiring Systems on Nov. 3 for "Electrical junction box" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,195, issued on Nov. 3, 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 that accommodates a relay and busbars connected to the relay; an opening portion formed in a bottom plate of the housing; and a gap filler that closes the opening portion and has higher thermal conductivity than the housing, in which the busbars are in contact with an inner surface of the gap filler."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18...