ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,980, issued on July 1, was assigned to AMPHENOL Corp. (Wallingford, Conn.).

"High-speed network connector with integrated magnetics" was invented by Lily Li Zhao (ShenZhen, China), Kelvin Kun Tang (ShenZhen, China), Simon Shih (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Adrian Green (Newcastle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network connector and method for making a network connector. The connector includes a core body, and first and second sets of contacts supported by the core body. Each of the of contacts having an exposed portion extending outside of the core body. Wires are coupled to the first and second sets of contacts. An internal prin...