US Patent Issued to OMRON on Oct. 14 for "Power connector and power outlet" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,870, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Power connector and power outlet" was invented by Minoru Kobayashi (Kyoto, Japan), Nanako Hinokitani (Kyoto, Japan) and Shuichi Itoda (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plunger is movable between a first position and a second position. The plunger separates a first movable contact from a first fixed contact and separates a second movable contact from a second fixed contact at the first position. The plunger presses a first movable piece toward a first fixed terminal to make the first movable contact into contact with the first fixed contact, and presses ...