ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,733, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector and connector assembly" was invented by Keisuke Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a cylindrical, elastically deformable insertion portion that is inserted into a recess of a plug contact, the insertion portion having a contact portion placed on an outer peripheral surface of the insertion portion and a pressing portion placed on the outer peripheral surface of the insertion portion and on an opposite side to the contact portion across the fitting axis, part of a sheet-like connection target having a f...