ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,941, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Yosuke Morinaga (Mie, Japan) and Takayuki Uchiyama (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector 10 includes: a terminal module 14 configured to electrically connect to a partner connector 12; and a connector housing 16 accommodating the terminal module 14. The terminal module 14 includes a case 20, an elastic member 18, a first terminal 22, a second terminal 42, and a flexible conductor 44 electrically connecting the first terminal 22 and the second terminal 42 to each other. The flexible conductor has a first join...