ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,992, issued on April 7, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Terminal structure, method for manufacturing terminal structure, and semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Tadahiko Sato (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal structure includes a pair of plate sections including first and second plate sections respectively provided spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction of the nut, a connection plate section extending in the thickness direction of the nut and connects respective one ends of the pair of plate sections to each other, a terminal section protruding from the other end...