ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,616, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to FCI USA LLC (Etters, Pa.).
"Ruggedized connector system" was invented by Koen Maddens (Hofstade, Belgium), Thierry Goossens (Herdersem, Belgium) and Mithun Hormese Paul (Cochin, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical interconnection system with an adapter mounted in an opening within a connector interface of a panel of an electronic enclosure is described. A sealing member may be used to prevent passage of foreign matter, such as liquid, gas or dust particles into the enclosure and into the mating region between the adapter and a mating plug connector. The sealing member may compris...