US Patent Issued to YAZAKI on July 28 for "Electrical connector with latching mechanism on housing for engaging latching mechanism on housing of mating connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,243, issued on July 28, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrical connector with latching mechanism on housing for engaging latching mechanism on housing of mating connector" was invented by Hirotaka Takeda (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing includes a housing body fitted to a counterpart housing, and a locking mechanism provided on the housing body and configured to lock a lock projection formed on the counterpart housing. The locking mechanism includes a lock arm having a cantilever shape and having a locking portion configured to lock the lock projection at a tip end portion of the lock arm, and a ...