US Patent Issued to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry on Sept. 2 for "Seal member for mounting within a waterproof connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,127, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Seal member for mounting within a waterproof connector" was invented by Toshihito Echizenya (Tokyo) and Yukuya Morishita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterproof connector comprises a terminal, a housing and a seal member. The housing is provided with an attachment portion. When the attachment portion is viewed along a front-rear direction, the attachment portion has an outer circumferential shape including first sides and first coupling portions. The seal member is formed of elastic material and is attached to the attachment portion....