US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Nov. 11 for "Male terminal including opening and projecting portion" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,000, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Male terminal including opening and projecting portion" was invented by Seido Nishijima (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male terminal of a novel structure is disclosed which can reduce manufacturing cost while suppressing an increase of conductor resistance. A male terminal 10 is provided with a plurality of plate portions 12, 14 made of metal, a plurality of recessed portions 18, 20 respectively provided in the plurality of plate portions 12...