ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,005, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Terminal fitting and connector" was invented by Hiroto Sakai (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal fitting 10 is provided with a terminal body portion 11 extending in an axial direction and a plurality of protrusions 20, 30 and 40 projecting in an intersecting direction intersecting the axial direction from the terminal body portion 11. The plurality of protrusions 20, 30 and 40 are arranged side by side in the axial direction and each protrusion has a top surface 21, 31, 41 along the axial direction, a front surface 22, 32, 42 inclin...