ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,456, issued on April 14, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).
"Connector and connector assembly" was invented by Tetsunori Tsumuraya (Yamato, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The housing of the connector has insertion paths into which flat cables can be inserted. The connector also has a plurality of partition portions, which are formed of an elastic material. The partition portions are arranged along the insertion paths. When the flat cables are inserted into the insertion paths, the partition portions are positioned between the two adjacent conductor lines."
The patent was filed on Jan. 27, 2022, under Application No. 18/...