ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,663, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Connector removal-restricting structure" was invented by Yuho Kimura (Fujisawa, Japan), Takuma Mizutani (Fujisawa, Japan) and Junichi Yokoyama (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harness-side connector 2 includes: a connector body 11 connected to a unit-side connector of a hydraulic unit 1; and a slide lock 12 supported by the connector body 11 to be slidable in the upper-lower direction. A sealing clip 3 is attached to the hydraulic unit 1 and the like in the locked state by moving upward while being restricted form movement in a direction intersecti...