ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,501, issued on May 26, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Connector with dual inner-wall guide structure and wire receiving space for repairability" was invented by Shunya Takeuchi (Mie, Japan), Teruo Hara (Mie, Japan), Hajime Matsui (Mie, Japan) and Masaaki Tabata (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector is to be connected to a wire including a core wire and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the core wire and extending in a front-rear direction, and provided with a terminal to be ...