ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,783, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FCI USA LLC (Etters, Pa.).
"Configurable electrical connector" was invented by Thomas A. Brungard (Lewisberry, Pa.) and Steven E. Pressel (Harrisburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector is provided with a segmented design supporting multiple connector configurations with commonality across the configurations that simplifies connector selection and qualification. The connector includes multiple segments, each with an insulative housing portion into which may be inserted power terminals in one or more configurations or signal terminals. A first-type power terminal may ca...