ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,677, issued on June 17, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Connector device" was invented by Ryota Mizutani (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector with an interlock housing, to which an interlock terminal is attached, separately from a lever that performs connection and disconnection of main terminals with a mating connector, and a first spring piece is formed on the lever. After the main terminals are mutually connected by rotating the lever from a first position to a second position, the lever is slid from the second position to a third position and the interlock housing is pushed down fro...