ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,692, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to I-PEX Inc. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Connector and connector system" was invented by Shogo Matsuo (Machida, Japan), Kohei Nishiyama (Machida, Japan) and Masashi Nakamura (Ogori, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector system (1) includes a connector (10) that detachably mates with a mating connector (20) mounted on an external circuit board (30), and an abutting member (40) fixed to the external circuit board (30). The connector (10) includes a circuit board (200) that connects to an external device via a signal line (300); an electrically conductive first shell (110) through which a terminal p...