US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Aug. 25 for "Joint connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,196, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Joint connector" was invented by Tetsuya Miyamura (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is aimed to provide a joint connector excellent in workability. A joint connector (1) is provided with a housing (10) including a plurality of locking lances (13), a plurality of terminal fittings (30) to be inserted into the housing (10) from behind the housing (10) and retained by a locking action of the plurality of locking lances (13), a joint terminal (50)...