ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,689, issued on March 3, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector assembly and connecting method" was invented by Akira Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The connector assembly includes: a sheet type conductive member including a flexible conductor; an electric wire; and a connector, in which the connector includes a first insulator including a first retaining surface and a second insulator including a second retaining surface, the sheet type conductive member includes a first sheet portion including a retained portion disposed on the first retaining surface and a second sheet portion dis...