ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,621, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Lever-type connector" was invented by Shunsuke Tanimura (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever-type connector 10 including; a connector housing 11; a sealing member 60 configured to be abutted against a rear surface of a terminal housing part 12; a wire cover 40 that covers a wire W; and a lever 50, wherein the wire cover 40 includes outer covering parts 43 that cover the connector housing 11 from the outside, the lever 50 includes leg parts 51 that overlap outer sides of the corresponding outer covering parts 43 when the lever 50 is at a ...