US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Nov. 11 for "Shield connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,005, issued on Nov. 11, 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: "A shield connector is provided with an inner conductor, a dielectric for accommodating the inner conductor, and an outer conductor for surrounding the dielectric. The dielectric includes a stopper portion for stopping a movement of the dielectric along a wall surface of the outer conductor by abutting on the outer conductor. A di...