ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,702, issued on March 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Lever-type connector" was invented by Ryousuke Giga (Mie, Japan) and Yuki Horiguchi (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever-type connector is provided with a connector housing to be connected to a mating connector housing, a cover for covering wires pulled out from the connector housing in a state bent in a direction different from a pull-out direction from the connector housing, and a lever rotatable between a connection start position and a connection end position. The cover includes two side walls, a rear wall coupling the two side walls...