ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,694, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hosiden Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Connector module" was invented by Takahide Kawanishi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector module includes: a connector unit; and a case holding the connector unit. The connector unit includes: a shaft-shaped terminal made of an electrically conductive material; a cylindrical shell made of an electrically conductive material; and a holder made of an electrically insulative resin material and disposed around the shaft-shaped terminal. The case is made of an electrically conductive material and includes a wall with an insertion hole, and holding the...