ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,341, issued on March 17, was assigned to HOSIDEN Corp. (Yao, Japan).

"Connector, cable and connector assembly, and connection structure of connectors" was invented by Fumitake Tamaki (Yao, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector including a body and first to fourth terminals partly held therein. Connecting portions of the first and second terminals are arranged and spaced along a second direction; ditto for connecting portions of the third and fourth terminals. The connecting portions of the first and third terminals are arranged and spaced along a third direction; ditto for the connecting portions of the second and fourth ...