ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,939, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Hiroyuki Matsuoka (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a housing including an inserting portion and an annular first sealing member to be mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the inserting portion. The first sealing member includes a sealing body and an engaging portion having a first engaging projection and a second engaging projection. The first and second engaging projections are provided at positions overlapping each other in a Z-ax...