ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,652, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connection terminal" was invented by Kazutaka Uki (Kakegawa, Japan), Takahiro Syouda (Susono, Japan) and Kenji Yamada (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection terminal includes a terminal connecting portion configured to be electrically connected to a counterpart terminal, an electric wire connecting portion configured to be electrically connected to an electric wire, a holding portion provided between the terminal connecting portion and the electric wire connecting portion and configured to be held by a housing, a sealed space formed in the holding po...