ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,538, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Shielded terminal" was invented by Yusuke Ito (Mie, Japan) and Tomoaki Yasuda (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer conductor 13 includes a connection member 23 and an attachment member 24, 24A that is separate from the connection member 23. The connection member 23 includes a tubular part 25 and an extension part 26 that extends in a direction crossing the tubular part 25. The attachment member 24, 24A includes a crimp part 59, 59A that covers an outer surface of the extension part 26 and is crimped to the shielded electrical wire 90, 9...