ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,445, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Female multipolar connector and multipolar connector set equipped therewith" was invented by Yuma Amemori (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takahiro Jodo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female multipolar connector includes a first internal terminal; a second internal terminal; a first external terminal; and a first insulator that holds the first external terminal. The first internal terminal is a male type and is arranged on an inner side portion of the first external terminal. The second internal terminal is a female type and is arrange...