ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,635, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to J.S.T. Corp. (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
"Electrical female terminal" was invented by Ping Chen (Novi, Mich.), Gwendolyn Upson (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Craig Lee (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical female terminal for mating with a connector assembly generally including a main body, a two-bodied spring, A protrusion extends from an unattached end portion of the lever member, the protrusion having faces angled relative to each other to efficiently deflect the lever member upwards when the protrusion interacts with an internal protrusion of a housing or a connector ...