ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,530, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).
"Connector push release" was invented by Adam Verne Broughton (Harrisburg, Pa.) and Michael Lawrence Gurreri (York, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A release member is mounted at the port of a plug receptacle to enable removal of a plug connector from the port. The plug connector is devoid of releasing structure to enable removal of the plug. The release member moves parallel to or coaxial with a plug insertion axis of the port. The release member is biased to a non-actuated position separately from a plug lock being biased to a locking position....