ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,007, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Shoma Seki (Mie, Japan) and Yuki Horiguchi (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector is provided with a shield terminal to be connected to a cable configured such that an outer periphery of a wire is surrounded by a shield body, a plurality of terminals, a housing for accommodating the shield terminal and the plurality of terminals, a retainer held on the housing movably between a temporary locking position and a complete locking position in an arrangement direction of the plurality of terminals and configured t...