ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,738, issued on July 1, was assigned to NHK Spring Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Probe holder and probe unit" was invented by Osamu Ito (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuya Soma (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hajime Arai (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe holder includes: a first layered member including members layered over one another; and a second layered member bonded to the first layered member and including members layered over one another. Each of the first and second layered members includes: a first member made of a material having a low dielectric constant; a second member provided on one of surfaces of the first member and h...