US Patent Issued to Molex on April 21 for "Electrical terminal having a hood with a polarization rib and indentation, which partially surrounds a contact" (Michigan, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,473, issued on April 21, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Electrical terminal having a hood with a polarization rib and indentation, which partially surrounds a contact" was invented by Yves Le Pottier (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Dwaraganathan Bhagyanathan-Sathianathan (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Suraj Handithavalli Purushothama (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Kevin C. Hough (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical terminal includes a contact partially surrounded by a hood. In an embodiment, the contact has a deflectable contact beam and an indentation with which a male terminal engages. In an embodiment, the hood has a pol...