ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,880, issued on March 31, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Portable radiographic imaging apparatus and radiographic imaging system" was invented by Keisuke Koeda (Higashimurayama, Japan), Takeshi Nukanobu (Hachioji, Japan), Nobuyuki Miyake (Yokohama, Japan), Hiroaki Nakano (Sagamihara, Japan) and Katsumi Oshida (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable radiographic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of connectors to which respective wiring cables are connectable, wherein the plurality of connectors include at feast a first connector that supports a generic communication cable, and a second connecto...