ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,785, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Receptacle connector" was invented by Randall Robert Henry (Lebanon, Pa.), Brandon Michael Matthews (McAlisterville, Pa.), Brian Patrick Costello (Athens, Ga.), Sandeep Patel (Littleton, Colo.) and Christopher William Blackburn (Bothell, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing having a mounting base at a rear configured to be mounted to a host circuit board. The receptacle connector includes a housing insert received in the receptacle housing. The housing insert includes a slot that ...