ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,383, 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: "A socket connector includes: a socket housing; a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing; and a protective metal fitting configured to protect an island-like end part. The protective metal fitting includes: an upper-surface protective part covering an upper surface of the island-like end part; two crosswise surface protective parts extending downward from both ends of the upper-surface protective part in a width direction, and opposed to two crosswi...