US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on May 6 for "Fuse-equipped connector, and connector structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,188, issued on May 6, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Fuse-equipped connector, and connector structure" was invented by Hiroshi Shimizu (Mie, Japan) and Hitoshi Takeda (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fuse-equipped connector including: a housing; a fuse terminal configured to be attached to the housing; a holder configured to be attached to the housing; and a fuse configured to be attached to the holder, and be electrically connected to the fuse terminal, wherein the housing includes a ...