ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,727, issued on May 5, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) and TE Connectivity India Private Ltd. (Bangalore, India).

"Crimp terminal with mechanical locking to secure a wire" was invented by Xavier Rouillard (Pontoise, France), Joseph Daher (Pontoise, France) and Sundareshan M D (Pontoise, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crimp terminal includes a crimping segment having a base, a first side wall extending from the base, and a second side wall extending from the base opposite the first side wall. The crimping segment has a first surface adapted for arranging a wire thereon along a longitudi...