ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,176, issued on May 6, 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 housing in which the terminal fitting is stored; a shield shell disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the housing; and a waterproof cover having a tubular shape and made of an elastic material, the waterproof cover being provided so as to surround an outer periphery of the shield shell and configured to be in close contact with the outer periphery of the shield shell. The shield ...