ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,402, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Shielding structure for a card edge connector" was invented by Randall Robert Henry (Lebanon, Pa.), Brian Patrick Costello (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Brandon Michael Matthews (McAlisterville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and a card slot at a front configured to receive a module circuit board of the pluggable module. The card edge connector includes a contact assembly received in the cavity having a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. The contac...