ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,520, issued on July 15, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Floating connector" was invented by Shigeharu Aoki (Tokyo), Kenichi Shimoji (Tokyo), Kiichi Hori (Tokyo) and Masamichi Sasaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating connector comprises a fixed housing, a fixed shell, a terminal, a movable housing, a movable shell and a regulating portion. The fixed shell is attached to the fixed housing. The fixed shell is provided with a first shell contact portion. The movable shell is attached to the movable housing. The movable shell is provided with a second shell contact portion. At least one of...