ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,523, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Terminal connection portion for electronic device" was invented by Yukie Yamada (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first terminal provided on a tail pad portion includes a base portion, a bent portion and an overlapping portion. The base portion includes a first surface fixed to a base insulating layer and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface. The bent portion is reversed in a thickness direction of the base portion from an end of the base portion towards the second surface. The overlapping portion extends from the bent...