ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,587, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Connector connection structure" was invented by Yukihiro Ohara (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The first connector includes a main body, a first connecting surface, a rotating ring, and a restricting pin for prohibiting the rotation of the rotating ring relative to the first connecting surface, the rotating ring, when taking a predetermined rotational phase with respect to the second connector, the second connector to the abutting position, can be drawn in the axial direction, further, the second connector is engaged with a portion of the ...