ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,959, issued on July 1, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connector" was invented by Satoshi Nakai (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes: a terminal fitting; an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a first housing in which the terminal fitting is stored, the first housing constituting a fitting part with a counterpart connector; a seal member disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the first housing; a front holder mounted on the first housing so as to prevent the seal member from coming out from the first housing; and a second housing including a short terminal, the short term...