US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on Aug. 26 for "Connector set mating method for connecting two plug connectors to two socket connectors and a connector set using the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,158, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Connector set mating method for connecting two plug connectors to two socket connectors and a connector set using the same" was invented by Kentaro Yoshioka (Toyota, Japan), Makoto Yoshikawa (Nisshin, Japan), Ryosuke Shibata (Toyota, Japan), Kenta Itayama (Hekinan, Japan) and Shifumi Sadakata (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of two plug connectors includes a main body configured to retain a plurality of electric wires and a pair of push members protruding from both sides of the main bo...