US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on March 31 for "Terminal module" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,348, issued on March 31, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Terminal module" was invented by Toru Shimizu (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal module (10) is provided with a case (22) and a terminal fitting (16) held in the case (22). The terminal fitting (16) includes a fixing portion (52) to be fixed to the case (22) and a leaf spring portion (54) cantilevered from the fixing portion (52) and deflectably and deformably accommodated in an empty space (20) of the case (22). A contact point porti...