ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,100, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).
"Connector with alignment features" was invented by Lie Chen (Conway, Ark.) and Yu-Da Liu (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided with a first connector module configured to mate with an external plug. The first connector module includes a first set of terminals; a first wafer supporting the first set of terminals, a first one or more of the second ends of the first set of terminals are bent to form a first set of tails, and a second one or more of the second ends of the first set of terminals terminate within the first wafer; an...