US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on April 21 for "Connector device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,503, issued on April 21, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Connector device" was invented by Takuya Yamashita (Mie, Japan) and Tatsuo Hirabayashi (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector device includes a circuit board, a connector, and a molded resin portion. The circuit board includes a conductive path. The connector includes a tubular housing made of resin and a terminal that protrudes from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing in an axial direction of the housing and is conne...