ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,173, issued on July 8, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Male terminal fitting and terminal fitting structure" was invented by Yuma Mamiya (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tab portion extends along a front-rear direction and includes a bottom wall portion, a first side wall portion continuously rising from one end part in a width direction intersecting the connecting direction, out of the bottom wall portion, a second side wall portion continuously rising from the other end part in the width direction, and an upper wall portion continuously extending from an upper end part of the first side wall...