US Patent Issued to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) on Nov. 11 for "Robust card edge connector with improved latching structure" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,998, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).

"Robust card edge connector with improved latching structure" was invented by Kui Yang (Chengdu, China) and Xiaodong Hu (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector with latches that improve the connector's reliability. The connector comprises a housing having a slot elongated in a longitudinal direction and a pair of towers disposed on opposite ends of the housing and extending in a vertical direction. A pair of latches are disposed in the towers, respectively. Each latch has a groove disposed above the r...