ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,289, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connection structure with improved contact reliability" was invented by Kenta Ashibu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection structure includes a first terminal including a first contact part, the first contact part including a plurality of first projections arranged at a first array pitch in a first direction and arranged at a second array pitch in a second direction, and a second terminal including a second contact part, the second contact part being brought into contact with the first contact part while being opposed to the first ...