ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,913, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Nippon Tanshi Co. Ltd. (Hiratsuka, Japan).
"Connector connection structure" was invented by Shinya Enomoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Osamu Nishimura (Kanagawa, Japan), Masaru Fujino (Kanagawa, Japan), Fumiaki Arimai (Tokyo) and Hiroyoshi Nishizaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To allow an electronic control unit to be replaced with good work efficiency and prevent foreign matter from entering a casing during maintenance work, the connector connection structure includes an internal connector positioned inside a casing, an external connector positioned outside the casing and an electronic contro...