ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,738, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo) and TISM Co. LTD. (Aichi, Japan).

"Method of manufacturing sheet type conductive member, sheet type conductive member, connector, garment, and connector mounting method" was invented by Tetsuya Komoto (Tokyo) and Akihiko Fushimi (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a sheet type conductive member is a method in which, by continuously embroidering or weaving a conductive thread on or into an insulating sheet member including a sheet body region and a peripheral region, a plurality of flexible conductors situated ...