ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,838, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Connector with bracket holding wires drawn out from connector housing" was invented by Yusuke Yamada (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector 10 is provided with a connector housing 15 including a wire draw-out opening 20, a terminal 14 accommodated in the connector housing 15, a wire 12 connected to the terminal 14 and pulled out to outside of the connector housing 15 through the wire draw-out opening 20, and a bracket 22 made of metal for ho...