ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,333, issued on March 17, was assigned to HIROSE ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Flat conductor electric connector" was invented by Shoichiro Tamaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flat conductor electric connector to hold a flat conductor inserted in a front-back direction includes: terminals arrayed in a flat conductor width direction; and a housing holding the terminals. Each terminal includes an attachment portion attached, on one end side, in a fixed manner to the housing, a contact arm portion extending in the front-back direction on the other end side to contact a circuit portion of the flat conductor, ...