ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,941, issued on June 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Pass-through connectors for connector systems" was invented by Michael A. Kinney (San Francisco) and Mahmoud R. Amini (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus that can allow an electronic device housed in a protective accessory to communicate with another electronic device, and are readily manufactured. An example can provide a connector assembly that can include a number of top contacts electrically connected to a corresponding number of bottom contacts. The top contacts can be spaced at a first pitch while the bottom contacts can...