ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,140, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connector device" was invented by Takahiko Katsuramaki (Shizuoka, Japan), Hayato Yamaguchi (Shizuoka, Japan) and Sadaharu Okuda (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector device has a constitution in a connector in which a plurality of terminals protrude into a connector opening. The plurality of terminals are respectively provided with a plurality of switches that have independent states of supplying power to the terminals and are switchable in between. A plurality of conductor plates are provided in the connector opening in an attachable and detachable ...