ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,623, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Shield connector including projection-like backlash eliminating portion" was invented by Hiroyoshi Maesoba (Mie, Japan) and Toshifumi Ichio (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shield connector is provided with a housing including a module accommodation chamber and a terminal module to be inserted into the module accommodation chamber from behind the housing. The terminal module is formed such that an inner conductor is surrounded by a dielectric ...