ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,349, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Dynamics Inc. (Cheswick, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for audio connectors for powered cards and devices" was invented by Jeffrey D. Mullen (Glenshaw, Pa.) and Christopher J. Rigatti (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Audio connectors are provided within a card. The audio connectors may be provided having a height that is compatible with a card (e.g., less than 1 mm or less than 0.5 mm). Communications to and from the card may be provided using the audio connectors within the card."

The patent was filed on May 22, 2020, under Application No. 16/882,227.

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