ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,653, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HIROSE ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Branch adaptor" was invented by Yoshiki Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an adaptor including: a housing; and a terminal held by the housing, in which the housing includes: a first mating recess opening in a first opening direction; a plurality of second mating recesses opening in a second opening direction opposite to the first opening direction; and a projection portion, the terminal includes: a first contact portion extending in the first opening direction in the first mating recess; and a plurality of second...