US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Feb. 3 for "Terminal unit having male terminal with inclined portions" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,390, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Terminal unit having male terminal with inclined portions" was invented by Seido Nishijima (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal unit includes a plate-like male terminal and a female terminal to be connected to the male terminal. The female terminal includes a pair of connecting portions arranged to face each other across a male terminal insertion gap, and a resilient member for biasing the pair of connecting portions in directions approachi...