US Patent Issued to YAZAKI on March 25 for "Seal member that extends into the cover surface of an electrical connector housing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,393, issued on March 25, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Seal member that extends into the cover surface of an electrical connector housing" was invented by Tsuyoshi Hamai (Makinohara, Japan), Takatoshi Suzuki (Makinohara, Japan) and Junya Yamamoto (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a connector including a seal member that seals a gap between an opening inner wall of an opening and a peripheral edge of a cover. The seal member includes a body portion having an annular shape along the peripheral edge of the cover, an extending portion that extends from an end portion of the body portion on a si...