ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,339, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector and connector assembly" was invented by Kenta Ashibu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The connector includes a sheet member having flexibility and insulating property, and including a fitting portion to be fitted to a counter connector and a mounting portion to be mounted on a mounting object, a flexible conductor disposed at least on a top surface of the sheet member, and a contact member and a positioning member disposed in the fitting portion of the sheet member, and the flexible conductor includes a first connection portion...