US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on Sept. 23 for "Dummy plug and dummy plug structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,787, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Dummy plug and dummy plug structure" was invented by Daisuke Kataoka (Mie, Japan) and Junya Matsuura (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a dummy plug and a dummy plug structure that can be automatically corrected to a proper orientation. A dummy plug (10) includes a rectangular fitting portion (12) extending in a front-rear direction. The rectangular fitting portion (12) includes four corner portions (15), at diagonal positions around an axis thereof extending in the front-rear direction. The four corner portions (15) respectivel...