ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,211, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Lever-type connector" was invented by Masanori Hirota (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever-type connector of the present disclosure is provided with a housing, a lever and a detecting member. A transportation position is set between a temporary locking position and a complete locking position in a movement path of the lever. The lever includes a lever lock portion and a transportation lock portion. The housing includes a complete locking portion for holding the lever at the complete locking position by being locked to the lever lock port...