US Patent Issued to YAZAKI on May 5 for "Connector lock device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,750, issued on May 5, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Connector lock device" was invented by Takenori Ohmura (Kakegawa, Japan), Yoshitaka Tsushima (Kakegawa, Japan) and Seiji Kozono (Kakegawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector lock device includes: a charging connector that supplies power to a battery; an inlet to which the charging connector is fitted; and a locking member that is driven forward and backward by an actuator provided in a housing of the charging connector, and of which a tip portion is retracted into the housing at a retracted position and protrudes out of the housing at an advanced position to be ...