US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on July 14 for "Connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,327, issued on July 14, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Connector" was invented by Takuya Masumoto (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever 40 has a plate-shaped cam plate portion 42 that is fitted to the partner connector 90, and progresses fitting with the partner connector 90. The cam plate portion 42 includes a locking portion 54 that protrudes from a first end portion 57 in a thickness direction and is locked to a housing 20 at the temporary lock position, and a hole-shaped hollowed portion 56, 56A, 56B, and 56C disposed at an intermediate portion in the thickness direction on an opposite si...