ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,594, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Yazaki Corp. (Tokyo).
"Terminal fitting housing unit with heat sink portion" was invented by Naoki Kobayashi (Makinohara, Japan) and Masaki Tanaka (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing unit includes a terminal fitting and a housing in which the terminal fitting is inserted into an accommodating chamber in a predetermined insertion direction and accommodated therein. The terminal fitting has a first terminal portion in which a plurality of first tab portions extend, a second terminal portion in which a plurality of second tab portions extend, a connecting portion connecting t...