US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Jan. 27 for "Electric shock prevention cap and connector with electric shock prevention cap" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,333, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric shock prevention cap and connector with electric shock prevention cap" was invented by Yusuke Yamada (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric shock prevention cap of a novel structure and a connector with electric shock prevention cap are disclosed. The electric shock prevention cap can be easily mounted on a pair of terminal body portions, obtain a large holding force and prevent the pair of terminal body portions from contacting f...