ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,233, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electrical connector with contact assembly integrally formed with housing by insert molding" was invented by Tetsuya Komoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base includes a lower surface opposed to a lower board on which a receptacle is surface-mounted. The lower surface includes a solder connection part exposed toward the lower board without being covered with a housing so that it is soldered to a ground pattern of the lower board. This structure improves signal characteristics of a contact at low cost in a surface-mounting connector wher...