ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,944, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Enplas Corp. (Saitama, Japan).
"Socket and inspection socket" was invented by Kazutaka Koshiishi (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket electrically connecting a first electric component and a second electric component together includes: a contact pin that electrically connects a ground terminal of the first electric component and a ground terminal of the second electric component; and a base part that includes a through hole into which the contact pin is inserted so as to be in contact with the inner wall, in which a part of the base part is formed of an insulator, and a condu...