ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,828, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).
"Hybrid card edge connector" was invented by Jun Fan (Chengdu, China) and Tao Zeng (Chengdu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector for transmitting signal and power simultaneously. The connector has two or more types of conductors held by a housing. First and second types of conductors are configured for transmitting signal and power, respectively. The housing has a slot for receiving a mating component. The housing has first and second types of grooves for holding the first and second types of conductors, re...