ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,786, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connector fitting structure" was invented by Takenori Ohmura (Kakegawa, Japan), Yoshitaka Tsushima (Kakegawa, Japan), Seiji Kozono (Kakegawa, Japan) and Masaya Okamoto (Kakegawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector fitting structure includes: a first connector including: a first housing that accommodates a first connection terminal; and a guide groove provided in the first housing; a second connector including: a second housing that accommodates a second connection terminal; a guide protrusion portion inserted into the guide groove; and a connector cover pi...