ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,371, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electrical connector" was invented by Takeo Fukuda (Wako, Japan) and Keiichi Ito (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a base supporting electrical terminals. Guide pins are mounted on the base. Recesses recessed inward of the guide pins are formed in side walls of the guide pins. The base is embedded in the recesses. The guide pins are held on the base by the embedding."

The patent was filed on Jan. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/261,293.

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