ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,402, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KMW Inc. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Connector for preventing characteristic impedance mismatch" was invented by Bae Mook Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong Min Ahn (Namyangju-si, South Korea), Min Hee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kong Moo Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for preventing a characteristic impedance mismatch includes a stationary module fixed, by soldering, to any one (a 'first panel') of two panels disposed in parallel with each other, the stationary module having therein an impedance matching space (a 'matching space'), a moving mod...