US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on April 7 for "Terminal unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,718, issued on April 7, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Terminal unit" was invented by Yusuke Yamada (Mie, Japan) and Seido Nishijima (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal unit of a novel structure is disclosed which can increase a contact area between a contact point portion of a male terminal and a contact point portion of a female terminal while suppressing manufacturing cost. A terminal unit is provided with a male terminal and a female terminal. The male terminal includes a male-side curve...