ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,920, issued on May 13, was assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).

"High performance card edge connector for high bandwidth transmission" was invented by Jun Fan (Chengdu, China), Tao Zeng (Chengdu, China) and Ki Ka Lau (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector for high bandwidth transmission. The connector may include a housing having a groove between two walls. The walls may include slots holding terminals of the connector. The terminals of the connector may each include a mating contact portion, a mounting contact portion opposite the mating contact portion, a be...