ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,647, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Yazaki Corp. (Tokyo).
"Charging inlet" was invented by Yusuke Aoki (Kakegawa, Japan), Naoto Ikeya (Kakegawa, Japan), Toru Yamada (Kakegawa, Japan) and Hidetaka Hondo (Sagamihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging inlet includes: a plurality of terminals; and a housing accommodating the terminals therein. Each of the terminals includes: a first connected portion having a solid cylindrical shape; a second connected portion; and a middle portion. A rubber component is disposed on an outer circumference of the middle portion. The rubber component includes: a cylindrical portion; and a f...