ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,190, issued on July 8, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector" was invented by Tetsuya Komoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle includes a housing made of insulating resin and a first receptacle contact assembly integrally formed with the housing by insert molding. The first receptacle contact assembly includes a plurality of contact units arranged in a pitch direction. Each contact unit includes a base made of metal including a fixed part in a flat-plate shape fixed to the housing and four projecting parts projecting upward from the fixed part, an insulating layer that covers the...