ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,732, issued on July 29, was assigned to YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Connector for high-speed transmission" was invented by Toshiyasu Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-speed transmission connector includes a connector housing with a slot, upper and lower plate portions facing each other across the slot, first and second contact rows arranged face to face with each other within the connector housing, first and second caps supported in a hole of the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion, respectively. Each contact of the first and second contact row includes a receiving portion to receive a header of...