US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on Aug. 26 for "Shield terminal and electrical connection structure including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,161, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Shield terminal and electrical connection structure including the same" was invented by Yusuke Ito (Mie, Japan), Tomoaki Yasuda (Mie, Japan), Shohei Mitsui (Mie, Japan) and Wataru Yamanaka (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a connector and a shield terminal with which an increase in the size of the connector can be avoided. A shield terminal 30 is attached to a housing 20 from one direction that intersects a front-and-rear direction. The shield terminal 30 includes outer conductors 32 and 33 that constitute an outer shell. The out...