ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,163, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Female connector and connector assembly comprising same" was invented by Cong Cao (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female connector having a housing and a retaining clamp. The housing has a channel and a housing window. The retaining clamp is around at least part of the housing and comprises a pair of arms deflectable towards or away from each other. Each arm is provided with a retaining groove, enters the channel of the housing through the housing window and is in a travel path of a retaining flange of a male connector. During the female co...