US Patent Issued to MOLEX on Dec. 23 for "High-speed, hermaphroditic connector and connector assemblies" (American, Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,307, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MOLEX LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"High-speed, hermaphroditic connector and connector assemblies" was invented by John C. Laurx (Aurora, Ill.), Khang Choong Yong (Selangor, Malaysia), Michael Rost (Lisle, Ill.) and Pue Xie (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High-speed, hermaphroditic electrical connectors may be connected to form a hermaphroditic connector assembly that uses less space than existing connector assemblies. A housing can provide a first and second engagement feature that are intended to engage each other so that when two such connectors are rotated 180 degrees the engagement ...