ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,371, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FCI USA LLC (Etters, Pa.).
"Robust high speed, high density connector" was invented by Scott Carbaugh (Orbisonia, Pa.), Mark R. Gray (York, Pa.) and James J. Muha (Boiling Springs, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct mate orthogonal connector for a high density of high speed signals. The connector may include right angle leadframe assemblies with signal conductive elements and ground shields held by a leadframe housing. The leadframe assemblies may each have signal mating ends extending from the signal conductive elements and ground mating ends extending from the ground shield. High frequ...