ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,169, issued on July 8, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Sheet type conductive member, connector, garment, and connector mounting method" was invented by Tetsuya Komoto (Tokyo) and Akihiko Fushimi (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet type conductive member includes a flexible conductor formed of a conductive thread embroidered on or woven into a sheet body, the flexible conductor including a first end portion disposed to be superposed on a wiring portion of a garment, a second end portion electrically connected to a contact, and a joint portion joining the first end portion and the seco...