ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,259, issued on July 22, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Connector" was invented by Osamu Hashiguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal of a connector has a receiving portion, a first supporting portion which is resiliently deformable and extends from the receiving portion, a contact portion supported by the first supporting portion, a second supporting portion extending from the contact portion and an abutment portion supported by the second supporting portion. In a connection process of the connector and a mating connector, the abutment portion of the terminal begins to be brought int...