ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,225, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Terminal-equipped electric wire" was invented by Takahiro Yudate (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To include: an electric wire including a core wire that includes an element wire bundle and a sheath that covers the core wire over a circumferential direction and including a core wire exposed portion in which a part of the core wire is exposed over the circumferential direction; and a terminal fitting that includes a core wire connection portion including a flat face on which the core wire exposed portion is placed, and in which a bonding portion of the cor...