ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,278, issued on June 24, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector mountable on board and assembly comprising the connector and the board" was invented by Keisuke Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector is mountable on a board and is mateable with a mating connector which comprises a mating terminal. The connector comprises a terminal held by a holding member. The terminal has a first support portion which is resiliently deformable, a primary contact point supported by the first support portion, a second support portion which extends from the primary contact point and is resilientl...