ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,418, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connector" was invented by Akihiro Saito (Kakegawa, Japan), Shinsuke Aoshima (Fujieda, Japan) and Koudai Yamamoto (Fujieda, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging inlet includes a rear holder installed to a housing and supporting electric wires connected to the terminals accommodated in the terminal accommodating chambers. The rear holder includes an inner rear holder and an outer rear holder. In an outer peripheral portion of the inner rear holder, a plurality of outer electric wire insertion portions each having an inner electric wire support surface is provide...