US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Oct. 21 for "Terminal unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,636, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Terminal unit" was invented by Seido Nishijima (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a terminal unit, a male terminal includes a columnar connecting portion having a tapered shape, and a female terminal includes a tubular connecting portion and a resilient member. A facing gap between a first peripheral wall portion and a second peripheral wall portion constituting the tubular connecting portion becomes gradually smaller in an inserting direction ...