ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,454, issued on April 15, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electrical connectors with thin interior walls" was invented by Troy Dean Robinson (Camarillo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector with thin interior walls is made by extruding a polymer or polymer composite into a sheet of approximately 0.25 mm to 0.5 mm thickness. The sheet is then calendered to a thickness of about 0.05 mm to 0.3 mm. The calendered sheet is cut into notched sections. The notched sections are assembled and placed into an injection molded housing of a connector. The sections are secured in place by using an adhesive, force fit, ...