ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,311, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Rotary connector" was invented by Yuki Endo (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary connector includes a stator, a rotor, main flexible substrates, and a wiring member. The main flexible substrates are disposed on the wiring member in a state where the main flexible substrates are stacked one on another at an end portion of each main flexible substrate. An end portion of a first main flexible substrate on a side near the wiring member has a shape that does not overlap one or more of second connection terminals to each of which a first connection ter...