ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,978, issued on July 1, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Overmold-overmold micro radio frequency connector" was invented by Ian E. Nord (Dallas), Joseph P. Nipper (Allen, Texas) and Mikel J. White (Murphy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector is provided and includes one or more radio frequency (RF) signal pins, ground pins arranged in a ring-shape around the one or more RF signal pins, a ground pin supporting mold formed about the ground pins and defining a borehole around the one or more RF signal pins and a dielectric mold formed in the borehole about the one or more RF signal pins and about the ground pin...