ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,181, issued on May 6, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Connector" was invented by Masahiro Karita (Mie, Japan), Ai Hirano (Mie, Japan), Takahiro Chikusa (Mie, Japan) and Yasuo Imai (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technology of the present invention suppresses a decrease in the impedance of an inner conductor. A connector 10 includes an inner conductor 21, an outer conductor 41 that surrounds the inner conductor 21, and a dielectric 61 arranged between the inner conductor 21 and the outer conductor 41. The dielectric 61 includes a cavity 63 that extends in a predetermined direction and a locking h...