ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,611, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING (Suresnes, France).

"Connector for connecting an electrical termination on a printed circuit, corresponding assembly methods" was invented by Regis Baptiste (Viarmes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting an electrical termination to a printed circuit. The connector has the shape of a metal plate including: a peripheral area for fastening the connector on the printed circuit; a central orifice for inserting the electrical termination; retaining tabs for retaining the electrical termination, each retaining tab extending from th...