ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,381, issued on March 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Inspection connector" was invented by Manabu Abe (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ryo Yamaguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kiyoto Araki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical member has a cylindrical shape having a central axis line extending in an upward-downward direction. A signal terminal holding member is located inside the cylindrical member in a lower portion of the cylindrical member, and is held by the cylindrical member. A first signal terminal is supported by the signal terminal holding member. A circuit substrate is held ...