ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,363, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).

"Reliable electrical connector" 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 members configured to secure a mating component so as to improve the connector's reliability. The connector housing may have a slot configured to receive the mating component. The slot has a first portion configured to receive a front edge of the mating component, and second portions extending from opposite ends of the first portion and configured to receive side edges o...