US Patent Issued to HOSIDEN on Oct. 7 for "Connector and connector assembly including at least one current sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,311, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HOSIDEN Corp. (Yao, Japan).

"Connector and connector assembly including at least one current sensor" was invented by Kotaro Yoneda (Yao, Japan) and Hayato Kondo (Yao, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector including a body having an insulating property, at least one terminal, a circuit board fixed to the body, and at least one current sensor mounted on the circuit board. The or each terminal includes a distal portion, an externally connectable lead portion, and a body portion therebetween. The distal portion protrudes from the body to one side in the first direction or is exposed from t...