US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Aug. 5 for "Connector unit, wire harness, and connector fitting structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,352, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Connector unit, wire harness, and connector fitting structure" was invented by Hiroyuki Matsuoka (Yokkaichi, Japan), Ayumu Ohira (Yokkaichi, Japan), Yoshimasa Tanuma (Yokkaichi, Japan), Yuki Ohira (Toyota, Japan) and Takenori Tsuchiya (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector unit comprises: a connector that has terminals connected to terminal parts of electric wires, and a housing that holds the terminals; and a cylindrical connector cover that is formed from an elastic material and that cov...