US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on May 13 for "Shield connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,939, issued on May 13, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Shield connector" was invented by Hiroyoshi Maesoba (Mie, Japan) and Toshifumi Ichio (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is aimed to reduce friction resistance generated in a resilient contact portion. A shield connector is provided with a dielectric for accommodating an inner conductor, a tubular outer conductor for surrounding the dielectric, a resilient contact portion formed in the outer conductor, and a cut portion formed in the outer conduc...