ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,522, issued on July 15, was assigned to Enplas Corp. (Saitama, Japan).
"Socket" was invented by Ryuichi Kaneko (Kawaguchi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket includes: a support in which a first electrical component is disposed on a top side of the support and a second electrical component is disposed on a bottom side thereof; and a signal pin held by the support and electrically connecting to the second electrical component and the first electrical component, wherein the support includes: a body made of a metal, the body holding the signal pin and being connected to a ground; a top plate portion having insulation, the top...