US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on July 8 for "Female connector and connector assembly comprising same" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,376, issued on July 8, 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: "Described is a female connector having a housing, a retaining clamp, and an indicating clamp. The housing has a channel running through it and a window on its side. The retaining clamp wraps around part of the housing and can move into the channel through the window to lock the female connector to a male connector. The indicating clamp is placed around both the retaining clamp and the housing and is temporarily locked to the retaini...