ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,006, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Yazaki Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connector with a terminal fitting" 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 connector includes a terminal fitting having a terminal portion in which a plurality of tab portions extends and a contact portion, a housing having a plurality of accommodating chambers in which the tab portions are accommodated, and a plurality of terminal-attached electric wires. The terminal fitting includes a first locking portion provided on the tab portions located from one end of the tab continuous portion to ...