ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,519, issued on July 15, was assigned to IRISO ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Connector" was invented by Hideki Shioda (Yokohama, Japan), Hiroaki Yukutake (Yokohama, Japan), Takaaki Makino (Yokohama, Japan) and Yoshihito Ohkuma (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a first movable housing and a second movable housing are provided, relative positions of a first terminal and a second terminal are prevented from deviating from predetermined positions. A connector 1 includes a fixing housing 2, a first movable housing 31, a second movable housing 32, a first terminal 41, and a second terminal 42. The fixing housin...