ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,882, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes a first connector having a first insulator and a first contact, a second connector having a second insulator and a second contact and being fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction; a lever member held by one of the first insulator and the second insulator in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis, a rotational shaft member extending along the rotational axis and rotating in accordance with rotation of the leve...