ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,952, issued on June 10, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electrical connector with retaining member" was invented by Katsuya Nakano (Shizuoka, Japan) and Takashi Sone (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a retaining member that is held by the terminal housing portion at an assembly completed position to the terminal housing portion to lock movement of the terminal fitting with respect to the terminal housing portion in a terminal extraction direction opposite the terminal insertion direction at the assembly completed position. The retaining member includes a terminal locking portion disposed faci...