US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on Sept. 16 for "Female terminal fitting with durable elastic contact piece" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,127, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Female terminal fitting with durable elastic contact piece" was invented by Yutaka Noro (Mie, Japan) and Masahiro Matoba (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a female terminal fitting capable of improving the durability of an elastic contact piece. A female terminal fitting (10) includes a tubular main body part (20) and an elastic contact piece (40) extending, inside the main body part (20), from a support point part (41) to a free end part (42) and contacting a partner-side male tab (120) inserted in the main body part (20). The ...