US Patent Issued to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS on June 17 for "Card edge connector having a connector sleeve" (Pennsylvania, Washington, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,662, issued on June 17, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Card edge connector having a connector sleeve" was invented by Randall Robert Henry (Lebanon, Pa.), Michael John Phillips (Camp Hill, Pa.), Brandon Michael Matthews (McAlisterville, Pa.), Sandeep Patel (Littleton, Colo.) and Christopher William Blackburn (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and holding a contact assembly in the cavity. The contact assembly has a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. Each contact includes a mating end, a term...