ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,377, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Junya Matsuura (Mie, Japan) and Daisuke Kataoka (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector 10 is provided with a housing 11 and a rubber plug 12 to be mounted into the housing. The rubber plug 12 includes a plurality of rubber plug members (e.g. a first rubber plug member 12A, a second rubber plug member 12B and a third rubber plug member 12C) configured separately from each other and arranged side by side in a front-rear direction and a sealing hole 40 penetrating through the plurality of rubber plug members in th...