US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Ruggedized, shielded, floating connectors for printed circuit board assemblies" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,359, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Ruggedized, shielded, floating connectors for printed circuit board assemblies" was invented by Emily Adeline Orlock (Bellevue, Wash.) and Jonathan Barak Flowers (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Floating connectors described herein may comprise a frame, a flexible cable, and a soft mounted connector within the frame. A first portion of the frame may be configured to couple to a printed circuit board assembly, and a second portion of the frame may receive the soft mounted connector via a membrane. The flexible cable may extend between the first portion...