ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,336, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a plug contact having an axially extending portion that forms at least part of an inner surface of a recess extending along a fitting axis, and an orthogonally extending portion joined to the axially extending portion and extending from a base end of the recess in a direction orthogonal to the fitting axis, and an inner contact that is supported in a state of being partially inserted in the recess, the inner contact having a first contacting p...