ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,235, issued on July 28.

"Connector and assembly method" was invented by Masao Ishimaru (Ogori-city, Japan) and Masashi Nakamura (Ogori-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector connected to a first cable including a first signal conductor and a second cable including a second signal conductor, include: a connector base including a facing surface configured to face an outer periphery of the first cable and an outer periphery of the second cable; an insulating first housing and an insulating second housing held by the connector base to be aligned along an arrangement orientation substantially parallel to the facing surface...