US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Dec. 2 for "Signal speed increase in a connector wipe" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,372, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Signal speed increase in a connector wipe" was invented by Sandor Farkas (Round Rock, Texas) and Bhyrav Mutnury (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board includes a dielectric and a connector. The dielectric has a first dielectric constant. A first area within the dielectric has a second dielectric constant. The connector is mounted on the dielectric. The connector includes a first connector lead mounted on the dielectric, a first contact point above the dielectric, and a first connector wipe. The first connector wipe is disposed ...