ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,011, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Connector having a base including a partition wall between adjacent terminals which have non-plated portions partially disposed within the base" was invented by Yujiro Ishikawa (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a base and a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals includes a plated portion in which a base material is covered with a film and a non-plated portion in which the base material is not covered with a film, the non-plated portion is disposed within the base, a portion of the non-plated portion is exposed fro...