ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,730, issued on May 19, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrical junction box and wire harness" was invented by Kazuki Shirosaka (Kakegawa, Japan), Takanori Kanamori (Kakegawa, Japan) and Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (Kakegawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical junction box includes a heat generating component and a cooling unit that cools the heat generating component. The cooling unit includes: a recess provided at the holding position of the heat generating component in a resin case that holds the heat generating component; packing that is provided along the peripheral edge of the recess, is compressed by the contact...