ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,030, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to J.S.T. MFG. Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Connector structure" was invented by Hiroyuki Matsumoto (Yokohama, Japan) and Nozomi Kawai (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector structure (CS) includes an adapter (1) to be fitted to an opposing connector (100) that includes opposing terminals (102, 103) in parallel with each other and a connector (2) to be fitted to the adapter (1) in a fitting direction (X1). The connector includes a connector housing (3), a center terminal (4), and an outer terminal (5). The center terminal (4) includes a center terminal portion (40) with a central axis (...