US Patent Issued to NEC Platforms on Jan. 13 for "Detection device, measurement device, method for detecting connector looseness and program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,715, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NEC Platforms Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Detection device, measurement device, method for detecting connector looseness and program" was invented by Naoki Umeda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device that fits a second connector provided on a tip of a cable and detects looseness at a connection portion between a first connector to which the cable is connected and the second connector includes a sensor that detects a distance to a tip face of the second connector in a sealed space formed in a state where the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each ot...