ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,625, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Device connector" was invented by Masaaki Yoshikawa (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device connector is provided with a terminal block including a resin housing having a tubular portion and three or more terminals, and a connector cover for covering one end side opening of the tubular portion. Connecting portions of the three or more terminals project from a first partial inner peripheral surface toward a second partial inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion. The connector cover includes an inserting portion to be inserted into t...