ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,507, issued on July 15, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Fixing member and board connector" was invented by Kentaro Hirai (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing member 40 includes a housing mounting portion 60 to be mounted into a housing 20 and a board locking portion 70 projecting from the housing mounting portion 60 and to be locked to a circuit board 12. The board locking portion 70 includes a resiliently deformable spring portion 71 formed by bending a part protruding in a width direction intersecting a projecting direction from the housing mounting portion 60 and a board contact portion 7...