US Patent Issued to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS on Dec. 9 for "Silicon flexible connectors" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,599, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Silicon flexible connectors" was invented by Edward R. Engbrecht (Odenton, Md.), Jeffrey David Hartman (Severn, Md.) and Justin C. Hackley (Catonsville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connection device is provided that includes a first electrical connector having first electrical contacts formed therein and a second electrical connector having second electrical contacts formed therein. A flexible silicon connector section connects the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector. The connector section include...