US Patent Issued to FCI USA on Sept. 16 for "Hybrid card-edge connectors and power terminals for high-power applications" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,129, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to FCI USA LLC (Etters, Pa.).

"Hybrid card-edge connectors and power terminals for high-power applications" was invented by Rongzhe Guo (Chengdu, China), Clarence Randall Fry (Mount Holly Springs, Pa.) and Chao Zou (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power terminal includes first and second conductive sheets. The first conductive sheet includes a first joining portion, first fingers extending from the first joining portion, and a first mounting portion extending from the first joining portion and configured to mount to a substrate. The first fingers have hooked ends connected to the...