ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,106, issued on April 21, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic component unit and wire harness" was invented by Hideaki Kikuchi (Susono, Japan) and Hiroyuki Ogura (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component unit applied to a wire harness includes a power supply terminal connected to a power supply that is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of supplying power at a first voltage, a circuit branch portion that is connected to the power supply terminal to branch power supplied from the power supply into a plurality of power supply systems, and a voltage converter that is provided in at least one of...