ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,918, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Charging connector" was invented by Youhei Takagi (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a charging connector, contacts are divided into a first terminal group and a second terminal group. The first terminal group is located upward of the second terminal group. A housing has a first surrounding portion which protrudes from a main surface thereof and surrounds the first terminal group. A mating portion has an attaching portion, a second surrounding portion and an upper protection portion. The attaching portion is attached on the main ...