ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,923, issued on May 13, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Connector" was invented by Kenta Ashibu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a connector terminal having a flat connection surface that faces a counter connector terminal, at least one spherical ball disposed on the connection surface, at least a surface of the ball having electrical conductivity, a ball retaining portion retaining the ball such that the ball is rotatable, a ball guiding portion fixed to the connector terminal and holding the ball retaining portion such that the ball retaining portion is movable in a two-di...