US Patent Issued to J.S.T. on June 10 for "Connector to be connected to a partner connection target" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,946, issued on June 10, was assigned to J.S.T. MFG. Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Connector to be connected to a partner connection target" was invented by Yoshitomo Masutani (Osaka, Japan) and Takahiro Ishikawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact is provided with an engaging portion for engaging with a housing. The housing is provided with an insertion end portion for insertion of the contact, a connection end portion for connection to a partner connection target, a contact insertion hole, and an engagement arm extending in a cantilevered manner from the connection end portion toward the insertion end portion. The engagement...