ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,227, issued on July 28, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Connector" was invented by Osamu Hashiguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a tubular plug contact and an inner contact. The plug contact has a recessed portion extending along a fitting axis, and the inner contact is constituted of a projection that is inserted in the recessed portion and has an outer peripheral surface covered with a conductive layer. The inner contact has a contacting portion contacting the plug contact within the recessed portion and a pressing portion situated in a rotational position different f...