ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,908, issued on June 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Shield connector" was invented by Kazuya Takeuchi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Norihito Hashimoto (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kazuya Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Shinobu Wakahara (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First and second outer conductors are each a conductive rigid body. The first outer conductor includes a fitting receiving portion. The second outer conductor includes a fitting portion fit in the fitting receiving portion in a direction of assembly to the first outer conductor. One of an inner surface of ...