US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Japan G.K. on May 27 for "Electrical connector with press-fit cover" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,044, issued on May 27, was assigned to TE Connectivity Japan G.K. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Electrical connector with press-fit cover" was invented by Keisuke Toyoda (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes an outer housing, a wire cover assembled to the outer housing, a first press-fit engaging portion that engages the outer housing and the wire cover with each other by clamping in a first clamping direction, and a second press-fit engaging portion that engages the outer housing and the wire cover with each other by clamping in a second clamping direction. The second clamping direction intersects the first clam...