ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,736, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).
"Cable terminal and connector" was invented by Risa Tanaka (Yamato, Japan) and Teruki Nagase (Yamato, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To reduce the height of a connector having a retainer in which a positioning post is formed. A cable terminal, having an inclined part which is formed between a front upper plate part and a rear upper plate part and which is inclined to approach a center line toward the rear side. The retainer has the positioning post that is positioned to the rear of the inclined part and restricts movement of the cable terminal in the rearward dire...