ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,938, issued on May 13, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Connector and electronic apparatus" was invented by Shintaro Horino (Yokohama, Japan) and Masayoshi Kakino (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector (1) includes: a first connector (10) including a first contact (30a) attached to a first insulator (20); a second connector (50) including a second contact (70a) attached to a second insulator (60); and a shield member attached to the first insulator (20) and the second insulator (60). The shield member includes a first base portion (41), and a first extending portion (42) that extends from the first ...