ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,486, issued on April 21, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Lever-type connector" was invented by Ryousuke Giga (Mie, Japan), Yuki Horiguchi (Mie, Japan) and Shoma Seki (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever-type connector is provided with a housing including a terminal holding portion having wire draw-out surfaces, lever holding walls disposed on both sides of the terminal holding portion and rotary shafts projecting from the lever holding walls toward the terminal holding portion, a lever including leg portions disposed between the respective lever holding walls and the terminal holding portion...