US Patent Issued to KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS on May 5 for "Insulating piercing contact with wire retention feature" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,733, issued on May 5, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).

"Insulating piercing contact with wire retention feature" was invented by Brent Lybrand (Fountain Inn, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical contact includes a base portion extending from a first end of the contact to a second end of the contact, a first set of outer walls extending upward from the base portion, the first set of outer walls being disposed on a first side. The electrical contact also includes a second set of outer walls extending upward from the base portion, the second set of outer walls being disposed on a second side ...