ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,426, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Terminal block" was invented by Takuya Nakagawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Kohei Kasedo (Kanagawa, Japan), Manato Itabashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasuhiro Takeda (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal block includes a casing, a terminal portion and an SD switch. The casing is provided to an electrical device. The terminal portion is provided on the casing and has a terminal cover that is fitted to a base for accommodating terminals. The SD switch is provided to the casing, and has a female connector and a lever portion that is fitted to the f...