ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,208, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HIROSE ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Flat conductor electric connector" was invented by Ryota Ikeda (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flat conductor electric connector includes: a housing; multiple terminals arrayed and held in a terminal array direction; a metal fitting arranged outside a terminal array area in the terminal array direction and held on the housing; and a movable member movable between a closed position and an open position, in which the movable member has a locking portion, and removal of a flat conductor from the housing is blocked by the locking portio...