ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,039, issued on May 27, was assigned to ACES Japan Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and ACES Electronics Co. Ltd. (Zhongli, China).
"Connector and connector set" was invented by Hiroaki Hashimoto (Tokyo) and Nobukazu Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention makes it possible to provide a connector comprising a contact that forms an electric connection with a counterpart contact, having a first contact piece and a second contact piece branched by a bifurcated branching part, as well as a first contact point element provided to the first contact piece and a second contact point element provided to the second contact piece in con...