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. 12,470,024, 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 Hidekazu Matsuda (Mie, Japan), Kazuki Hiramatsu (Mie, Japan), Taiga Kadoyama (Mie, Japan) and Masanao Yamashita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male connection surface of the male dielectric and a female connection surface of the female dielectric are facing each other and an elongated tab of the male inner conductor projects from the male connection surface and is inserted in the female inner conductor wit...