ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,964, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector assembly and connecting method" was invented by Akira Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes a sheet type conductive member having a flexible conductor, an electric wire and a connector, the connector having a first insulator with a first retaining surface and a second insulator with a second retaining surface, the sheet type conductive member having a first sheet portion with a retained portion, a second sheet portion joined to the retained portion via a folding-back line and disposed to face the s...