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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,347, issued on March 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Electrical connector and electrical connector set including the same" was invented by Yoshiro Maeda (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 frame projecting in side view, and a cavity formed inside the frame. The male ground terminal includes a shielding part that is conductiv...