ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,152, issued on July 21, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY JAPAN G.K. (Kawasaki, Japan).
"Seal member and connector assembly" was invented by Yoshihiko Shindo (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing element comprises a raised region. The raised region includes a plurality of first ridges on a first principal face, a plurality of second ridges on a second principal face opposite to the first principal face, and a central trough. The central trough is formed between the adjacent ones of the second ridges and is located in a center of the second principal face. At least one of the first ridges located in the most outer si...