ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,458, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Lead finger for printed circuit board" was invented by Uthayarajan A/L Rasalingam (Penang Island, Malaysia) and Muhammad Afif Bin Abu Hussein (Penang Island, Malaysia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead finger has a v-shaped contact point and a u-shaped profile. The u-shaped profile includes a portion that is disposed below a top surface of a PCB. The v-shaped contact point aids in guiding a host connector clip to an ideal location of the lead finger, where the ideal location may allow for more contact surface area and better contact to the host ...