US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on Feb. 17 for "Electrical connector and electrical connector set including the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,940, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Electrical connector and electrical connector set including the same" was invented by Hideki Tsukamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a holding member that is electrically insulating, and a signal terminal and a male ground terminal held by the holding member. The male ground terminal is disposed next to the signal terminal. The male ground terminal includes a first lengthwise extending part, a second lengthwise extending part opposed to the first lengthwise extending part, and a laterally conn...