ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,884, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Floating connector and floating connector assembly" was invented by Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Tokyo), Yuichi Uchiyama (Tokyo) and Shunsuke Tasaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a floating connector that controls the loss of a relay connector during transportation. A floating connector according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a relay connector and a first connector. The relay connector includes a first terminal and a holding member that holds the first terminal. The first connector includes a second terminal, a...