ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,928, issued on May 13, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connector retainer" was invented by Tomonori Imaizumi (Tokyo) and Yujiro Kondo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector retainer attached to a connector device includes a cover, a locking arm, an engagement arm, and an engagement claw. The cover has a surface being flat and extending in a direction parallel to an engagement direction in which a first and second connectors of the connector device are engaged. The cover is configured to cover an outer surface of an engagement maintaining mechanism for maintaining the engagement state of the connectors. The locking a...