ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,090, issued on March 4, was assigned to SMK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electric connector" was invented by Yasuo Yoshiura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kensuke Watanabe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric connector is provided which enables a cost increase to be reduced and enables strength to be improved. The electric connector for connecting a cable to a counterpart connector includes: a connection part that is connected to an electrically conductive part of the cable, that is connected to an electrically conductive member of the counterpart connector, and that is electrically conductive; a holding member that holds the cable and the co...