ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,949, issued on April 29, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector" was invented by Takahiro Yamaguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector comprises an inner structure and an outer molded body. The inner structure comprises an inner molded body, a fit portion and a projecting portion. The fit portion projects forward from the inner molded body and is mated with a mating fit portion of a mating connector when the connector is connected to the mating connector. The projecting portion projects from the fit portion or the inner molded body. At least a part of the projecting portion is locat...