ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,251, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Plug, connector, and receptacle" was invented by Yasuhiro Tajima (Tomioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug of a connector includes a terminal portion to be inserted into and removed from an insertion portion of a receptacle. The terminal portion includes a contact, and a holder portion that holds the contact. The holder portion includes a flange portion having a distal end portion protruding toward an insertion direction of the insertion and removal direction from a distal end of the contact in the insertion direction and protruding in a predetermined orthogo...