ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,391, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector assembly" was invented by Keisuke Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector, the first connector having a first contacting portion disposed on a lateral surface of a retention projection, a second contacting portion disposed on a lateral surface of the retention projection opposite to the lateral surface having the first contacting portion thereon at a position closer to a base portion of the retention projection than the first contacting portion is, and a third...