ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,260, issued on July 22, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY JAPAN G.K. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Interposer with contacts having inwardly protruding press-fit portions" was invented by Naoki Hashimoto (Kawasaki, Japan) and Masayuki Aizawa (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact includes a base portion having a first end and a second end, a first extending portion extending from first end of the base portion and having a first contact portion, and a second extending portion extending from the second end of the base portion and having a second contact portion. The base portion extends between the first end and the second end. T...