ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,992, issued on July 22, was assigned to Mellanox Technologies LTD. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Multi-cable interconnect connection system" was invented by Ofer Levy (Kiryat Ono, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for connecting cage-side connectors to PCB-side connectors. The system enables OSFP and QSFP pluggable modules to be connected to breakouts on PCBs within a networking device. The system includes one or more cage-side connectors connected via one or more cables to one or more PCB-side connectors. Keyed PCB-side connectors and unique lengths of cables ensure proper connections to headers on a PCB."
The patent was filed o...