ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,735, issued on April 7, was assigned to ACES Electronics Co. Ltd. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Lock mechanism and connector set" was invented by Nobukazu Kato (Tokyo) and Hiroaki Hashimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a lock mechanism configured to hold a fitted state between a first connector and a second connector, where the first connector and the second connector as a counterpart are fittable together. The lock mechanism includes: a lock member that includes an engagement part and is provided in the first connector; a biasing part that is connected to the lock member and holds the lock member in a reference state; a p...