ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,003, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).
"Molded connector" was invented by Hironobu Yamamoto (Yokkaichi, Japan), Toshinari Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Yukitoshi Terasaka (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Kyungwoo Kim (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure aims to provide a technique with which the waterproofness of a connector can be enhanced. The molded connector includes: a first terminal unit that includes a first connector terminal and a first holder that holds the first connector terminal; a second terminal unit that includes a second connector terminal and a seco...