ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,335, issued on March 17, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Receptacle and connector" was invented by Yasuhiro Tajima (Tomioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle includes: a first-direction opening configured to be inserted and pulled out by a male terminal of a plug along a first direction; a second-direction opening configured to be inserted and pulled out by the male terminal along a second direction; and a female terminal configured to come into contact with the male terminal. The female terminal includes a plurality of arm portion pairs, each of which has arm portions extending the first direction and arr...