ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,632, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Orthogonal circuit board interconnection systems" was invented by Alexander John Silverman (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, an interface assembly for coupling an orthogonal circuit board to a main circuit board includes a frame, signal pins, and dielectric retainers. The frame is electrically coupled to a ground signal of the orthogonal circuit board. The dielectric retainers electrically isolate the plurality of signal pins from the frame. The frame includes an interface surface configured to electrically co...