ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,615, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to J.S.T. Corp. (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
"Pin connector" was invented by Eric Blankinship (Lathrup Village, Mich.), Ping Chen (Novi, Mich.) and Gwendolyn Upson (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector can be a low profile, high voltage connector that can include a male housing and a female housing. The male housing can support male pins that mate with terminals disposed through the female housing. The bend or outward extension of the pins can support forming one row or dual rows of solder pads."
The patent was filed on April ...