ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,302, issued on June 24, was assigned to FCI USA LLC (Etters, Pa.).
"High speed connector" was invented by Douglas M. Johnescu (York, Pa.), Gregory A. Hull (York, Pa.), Mark E. Lauermann (Harrisburg, Pa.), Scott Martin (Manchester, Pa.), Jason John Ellison (Dillsburg, Pa.), Jan De Geest (Wetteren, Belgium), Charles Copper (Hummelstown, Pa.), Mark R. Gray (York, Pa.), William Tanis (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) and Steven E. Minich (York, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at or above 112 Gbps. Effectiveness of shielding along the signal paths through the mating electrical con...