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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,879, 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 unit, female terminal and male terminal" was invented by Yusuke Yamada (Mie, Japan) and Katsuhiko Aizawa (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a terminal unit a female terminal includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion arranged to face each other across a male terminal insertion gap, into which a male terminal is inserted and arranged. The male terminal includes a pair of inclined portions, inclined toward one side in a plate ...