US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on June 2 for "Terminal" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,880, issued on June 2, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Terminal" was invented by Nungna Wi (Mie, Japan), Teruo Hara (Mie, Japan) and Takae Imayoshi (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rectangular tube portion includes a first wall provided with the resilient contact piece, a second wall provided with the receiving portion and a pair of side walls connecting both side edges of the first wall and both side edges of the second wall. At least one of the pair of side walls includes a resilient piece for sup...