ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,474, issued on April 21, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Terminal module with spring-pressed and partitioned-wall assembly structure" was invented by Yosuke Morinaga (Mie, Japan) and Takayuki Uchiyama (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal module includes a coil spring, a case and a terminal member. The case includes a ceiling wall and a pair of side walls. The terminal member includes a first terminal. Each of the pair of side walls includes a base portion, a first divided wall portion and a second divided wall portion. The first terminal includes a first surface, a second surface, a guide...