ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,660, issued on June 17, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).
"Electrical terminal for flat flexible cables" was invented by Hurley Chester Moll (Hershey, Pa.), John Mark Myer (Millersville, Pa.) and Forrest Irving Kinsey Jr. (Harrisburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed a shared opening selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the ...