ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,567, issued on May 20, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).
"Receptacle module and connector assembly" was invented by Eng-Kan Soh (Jurong Town, Singapore) and Daniel B. McGowan (Glen Ellyn, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly is provided. The connector assembly includes a receptacle module and a pluggable module. The receptacle module includes a cage, a receptacle connector, a biasing spring, and a locking member. The pluggable module is moved from a front end to a back end, so as to be aligned and mated with the receptacle module. The biasing spring is configured to apply a spring load toward the front end ...