ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,387, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Multi-pole connector" was invented by Yuuto Morita (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-pole connector from which noise is suppressed from leaking. The multi-pole connector to be mounted on a substrate having a mounting surface includes plural inner terminals, an outer terminal disposed so as to surround the plural inner terminals, an insulating member holding the outer terminal, and a ground conductor to be electrically connected to a ground potential of the substrate. The outer terminal has a gap exposing an outer side surfa...