ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,513, issued on July 15, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Ryotaro Kosaka (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing (10) includes a plurality of cavities (14), a first lock receiving portion (21) arranged to correspond to one cavity (14) and a second lock receiving portion (22) arranged to correspond to another cavity (14). A retainer (60) is arranged in the housing (10) to restrict terminal fittings (50) from coming out from the cavities (14). The retainer (60) includes a deflectable and deformable deflecting piece (71). The deflecting piece (71) includes a first locking...