ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,373, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to IRISO ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Connector with movable housing and add member" was invented by Toshiaki Sugiki (Yokohama, Japan), Nagisa Asai (Yokohama, Japan) and Katsumasa Sato (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes terminals, and a movable housing capable of displacing with respect to a mounting target. The terminals include displacing portions that displace together with the movable housing, and the displacing portions include one side contact portions that contact a connection target from a one-side. The inner connector includes add members reta...