ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,602, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FCI Nantong Ltd. (Nantong, China).
"Combo connector" was invented by Zelin Yao (Nantong, China), Changjiang Zhao (Nantong, China), Iuokui Zhang (Nantong, China) and Xinwei Wang (Nantong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector configured to provide signal and power connections reliably and economically in a compact space. The connector may include terminals each comprising a mating portion and a mounting portion opposite the mating portion. The terminals may be arranged with multiple rows of signal terminals and power terminals aligned in one row and on opposite sides of the signal rows....