US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on Jan. 27 for "First connector, second connector and connector assembly" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,332, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"First connector, second connector and connector assembly" was invented by Ayaka Nito (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first connector is provided with a first terminal including a tip part extending in a first direction, a first connector housing for holding the first terminal and a slide member to be held in the first connector housing. The first connector housing includes a protecting portion for covering a part of the first terminal in directions orthogonal to the first direction except a second direction, a first opening open in the fi...