ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,695, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Akihiro Nishitani (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Separation of housings in a stacked state can be suppressed. A connector (1) is provided with housings (10, 20, 30) to be stacked on each other, terminal fittings (50) to be accommodated into the respective housings (10, 20, 30), wires (60) fixed to the terminal fittings (50) and drawn out rearward, and a rear wall portion (40). The rear wall portion (40) includes a thro...