ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,078, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Terminal connecting structure, connector, and connecting conductor" was invented by Kei Yamamura (Makinohara, Japan), Noboru Hayasaka (Makinohara, Japan), Jun Sugioka (Makinohara, Japan), Kento Komon (Makinohara, Japan) and Tomohiro Ishihara (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a terminal connecting structure that can both ensure flexibility a connecting conductor and prevent element wire breakage of the connecting conductor. A terminal connecting structure includes: a first braided wire formed by braiding an element wire havin...