ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,782, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Nippon Tanshi Co. Ltd. (Hiratsuka, Japan).
"Connector with improved insertion" was invented by Shinya Enomoto (Hiratsuka, Japan) and Osamu Nishimura (Hiratsuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a housing having an elastic locking piece and a terminal hole defining a terminal receptacle compartment extending in an insertion direction; and a terminal member to be inserted into the terminal receptacle compartment from rear to front along the insertion direction, wherein the terminal member has a first opening configured to be engaged with the locking piece when the conne...