ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,384, issued on March 25, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd (Tokyo).
"Socket connector" was invented by Takashi Omodachi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An island-like part includes an island-like main part, and two island-like end parts adjacent to the island-like main part in a pitch direction of a plurality of socket contacts. Each of the island-like end parts has an upper surface, an outward lengthwise side surface facing outward in the pitch direction, and two crosswise side surfaces facing in the width direction. Each of the protective metal fittings includes an upper-surface protective part covering...