US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 15 for "Electrical connector having a reinforcement structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,696, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Electrical connector having a reinforcement structure" was invented by Shoji Hishinuma (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure of an electrical connector for preventing an interference with other members at the time of the collision, and for increasing rigidity of the electrical connector without increasing the number of parts. The electrical connector connects one end of a wire installed between a PCU and a rigid member to the PCU in a vehicle. The electrical connector comprises a cover covering the electrical wire. The cover comprises...