US Patent Issued to Molex on Dec. 16 for "Anti-wear female receptacle terminal" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,364, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Anti-wear female receptacle terminal" was invented by Deepak Patil (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Yves Lepottier (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female receptacle terminal (10) for an electrical connector is disclosed. The female receptacle terminal includes a receptacle having an opening (20) to receive a male blade terminal (300) in an insertion direction (M). A resilient contact beam (100) extends from a top part of the receptacle towards an opposed bottom part. At least one contact surface (103, 113) is provided on at least one of the resilient con...