ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,744, issued on April 7, was assigned to Yazaki Corp. (Tokyo).

"Connector having a crimped part for crimping to an outer conductor of a cable" was invented by Hikaru Anma (Shizuoka, Japan), Minami Soga (Shizuoka, Japan) and Isao Kameyama (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a connector that is attachable to an end of a cable, the cable including an inner conductor, an insulator that covers the inner conductor, and an outer conductor that covers the insulator. The connector includes: an inner terminal attachable to the inner conductor; an insulating member that covers the inner terminal; and an outer termin...