US Patent Issued to Yazaki on Oct. 27 for "Spacer for locking multiple terminals in an electrical connector housing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,603, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Yazaki Corp. (Tokyo).

"Spacer for locking multiple terminals in an electrical connector housing" was invented by Naoto Takashima (Makinohara, Japan) and Hiroshi Miyazaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacer is mounted on a housing accommodating a plurality of terminals to configure a connector and to prevent the plurality of terminals from slipping out. The spacer includes a main body portion provided with a plurality of terminal insertion holes through which the plurality of terminals pass respectively; a pair of retaining arms being retained to the housing; a connection portion conf...