US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on March 4 for "Female connector and connector assembly comprising same" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,576, issued on March 4, 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: "The present disclosure provides a female connector for receiving and being secured with a male connector. The female connector comprises a housing and an indicating slider. The housing defines therein a channel extending in an axial direction and is provided with an opening extending in the axial direction. The indicating slider is slidably connected to the housing and configured to be slidable in the axial direction. The indicati...