ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,571, issued on May 20, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector with detecting member" was invented by Tsuyoshi Mase (Mie, Japan) and Toshihiro Ito (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever is rotatable along an outer surface of a connector body. A detecting member is movable to a detection position along the outer surface of the connector body. The connector body includes, on an outer surface side, a movement restricting portion arcuately extending in a rotating direction of the lever and capable of abutting on a surface of the detecting member on the detection position side before the connector...