ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,703, issued on May 19, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Lever-type connector" was invented by Sho Saito (Mie, Japan) and Yuki Kondo (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever-type connector 1 includes: a connector housing 10 that has a first code arrangement surface 15S1 and is configured to be fitted with a partner connector 50; a lever 20 configured to be attached so as to be rotatable from a fitting start position to a fitting completion position with respect to the connector housing 10, and having a second code arrangement surface 26S1 configured to be arranged on the same plane as the first code...