US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on Jan. 27 for "Electrical connector with integrated electrostatic discharge protection" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,343, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Electrical connector with integrated electrostatic discharge protection" was invented by James B. Mayfield (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Michael S. Richard (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and David A. Rafson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector for high speed and high performance applications requiring protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD). In embodiments, the electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a plurality of cavities descending from a top surface of the housing, a copper ground plate mounted atop ...