ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,325, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Complex connector and complex connector structure" was invented by Hiroto Fujii (Kiyosu, Japan), Shota Suzuki (Kiyosu, Japan), Tomokazu Sobajima (Kiyosu, Japan) and Tsukasa Nakai (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timing at which a compression amount in a radial direction of an annular sealing member becomes maximum during a connection operation between a body portion and a mating portion in a complex connector structure differs between a first connector structure portion which is one of connector structure portions and a second connecto...