US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on June 24 for "Connector with strength reduction suppressible lance" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,285, issued on June 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Connector with strength reduction suppressible lance" was invented by Yusuke Yamoto (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector 10 is provided with a terminal fitting 20 and a housing 50. The housing 50 has an extended surface 57. The extended surface 57 is formed outside a cavity 51 in a width direction and facing one side in a height direction. A locking lance 52 includes a restricting portion 60 and a protruding portion 61. The protruding portion 61 protrudes in the width direction from the restricting portion 60 toward a side where the ...