ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,631, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Shielded electrical connector for mounting on a circuit board with an inner conductor and outer conductor" was invented by Kazuya Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Norihito Hashimoto (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kazuya Takeuchi (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Shinobu Wakahara (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shielded electrical connector includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor. The inner conductor includes an extension portion extending from a dielectric toward a circuit board. The outer conductor includes a...