ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,997, issued on Feb. 11, 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: "A charging connector is provided with a mating portion, a main portion, a body and a fasting member. The main portion is provided with a plurality of contacts, which are respectively connectable mating contacts of a mating connector, and a housing, which holds the contacts. The body accommodates the main portion at least in part and holds the main portion. The mating portion is located forward of the body in a front-rear direction. The fasting membe...