ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,375, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Connector" was invented by Katsumasa Okuda (Tualatin, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a slider retained in a housing to be slidable along a fitting direction, and an elastic member disposed between a cover member and the slider and applying to the slider an elastic force acting along the fitting direction, the housing including a pair of lock pieces that are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to the fitting direction and that lock a fitting state between the connector and a co...