ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,296, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to StealthCase Oy (Tampere, Finland).
"Layered connector" was invented by Juha Lilja (Tampere, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for connecting RF signal between a first and a second microwave element, the device including coupling interfaces, wherein the device is arranged to facilitate said connection with less than 2 dB coupling loss between said interfaces at a first frequency. The device is a connector arrangement that includes a first and a second layered member structured to be mated with a fixturing member of the device, and said members being isolated by a coupling membrane, w...