ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,746, issued on May 5, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Connector with elastic heat storage member abutting electric wire connection part" was invented by Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (Kakegawa, Japan) and Hideki Mizuno (Kakegawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a terminal including an electric wire connection part electrically connected to a conductive electric wire and an electrical connection part that can be electrically connected to a connection counterpart member; a housing that accommodates and holds the terminal therein; and a heat storage member that is formed in a cylindrical shape by a conductive metal m...