ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,049, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electric junction box and manufacturing method" was invented by Masahiro Wada (Makinohara, Japan), Takaaki Kakimi (Makinohara, Japan), Kazuki Shoji (Makinohara, Japan) and Kengo Aono (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric junction box includes a conductive member including a relief terminal portion, a holding member configured to hold the conductive member, a resin body having an accommodation space for accommodating the holding member, and a cover pivotally supported by the holding member and covering the relief terminal portion. The resin body inc...