ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,984, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Connector assembly, wire harness, and connector cover" was invented by Tomohiro Urashima (Tochigi, Japan), Hiroyasu Furuya (Tochigi, Japan) and Yu Sugawara (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly applied to a wire harness includes a connector and a connector cover that is attached to the connector. Furthermore, the connector cover includes: a wall part that forms a connector housing space part for housing an end part of the connector and a locking release part, and a routing space part which is positioned adjacent to the connector housing space...