ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,349, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Connector preventing occurrence ofsolderwicking up from surface mount portion thereof" was invented by Kenta Ashibu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes terminals, a holding portion made of insulating resin, and a housing. Each of the terminals has a surface mounting technology (SMT) portion, a spring portion, a contact point, and a connection portion. The SMT portion is soldered to an object. The holding portion is directly held by the housing. The housing has accommodation portions which accommodate the spring portions of ...