ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,400, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Power card edge connector with improved power terminals" was invented by Ming-Liu Xu (Kunshan, China), Teng Qin (Kunshan, China), Wen-Jun Tang (Kunshan, China), Xue-Wu Bu (Kunshan, China) and Hung-Chi Yu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power card edge connector includes: a housing defining a card slot; and a power terminal comprising an inner piece and an outer piece stacked together, the inner piece comprising a first retaining portion an...