ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,684, issued on May 19, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Connector device" was invented by Tetsuro Anekawa (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a connector device in which even a flexible wiring member can easily connect to a connector and in which an improvement in workability can be achieved. The present invention comprises a wiring member and a connector, wherein: the wiring member has a wire-shaped electric wire part and a terminal part which serves as a to-be-engaged part disposed at the tip end side of the electric wire part; the connector has an electrode part with which the terminal part ...