ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,706, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Removable and low insertion force connector system" was invented by Jonathan W. Thibado (Beaverton, Ore.), Aaron Gorius (Upton, Mass.), Michael T. Crocker (Portland, Ore.), Matthew J. Adiletta (Bolton, Mass.), John C. Gulick (Portland, Ore.) and Emery E. Frey (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein relate to an apparatus that includes a flexible conductor covered in an insulative material and at least one conductor region in contact with the flexible conductor. In some examples, melting of the at least one conductor region is to...