ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,256, issued on July 22, was assigned to YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Connector" was invented by Hiroshi Takahira (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a connector capable of smoothly performing floating while suppressing impedance mismatch. A receptacle unit of a connector includes: a fixed housing that is fixed to a substrate and has an opening portion penetrating through the fixed housing upward and downward; a floating housing accommodated in the opening portion of the fixed housing with a movable space and a movable space apart; and a plurality of contacts that are bridged between the fixed housing and the ...