ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,666, issued on June 17, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Yuma Mamiya (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female connector 20 includes a female housing 21 and a front retainer 50 movable with respect to the male housing in a connecting direction between a partial locking position for allowing resilient deformation of a locking lances 35 of the female housing 21 and a full locking position for suppressing the resilient deformation of the locking lance 35. The female housing 21 includes a stopper portion 42 resiliently deformable in a direction extending in the connecting di...