ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,548, issued on May 20, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Terminal and connector" was invented by Dingbing (Frank) Fan (Shanghai), Ming Shi (Shanghai), Lei (Louis) Liu (Shanghai), Xiaozhi (George) Fu (Shanghai) and Wei Zhang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal includes a top wall, a side wall, and a curved part connected between the top wall and the side wall. A notch is formed on the curved part. The notch reduces a bending force for forming the curved part and prevent cracks from being generated in the curved part during forming the curved part."
The patent was filed on May 25, 2022, ...