US Patent Issued to YAZAKI on Aug. 25 for "Waterproof connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,206, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Waterproof connector" was invented by Satoki Masuda (Makinohara, Japan) and Yoshinao Sato (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a waterproof connector including: a housing configured to accommodate a terminal; an annular packing attached to an outer periphery of the housing and configured to seal between the housing and an opening of a counterpart member; and a front holder attached to a tip side of the housing and positioning the packing. The packing and the front holder are mounted on a fitting portion of the housing, the fitting portion be...