ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,008, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).
"Temporary header retention feature" was invented by Thomas Robert DeWitte (Troy, Mich.), David James Rhein (Troy, Mich.) and Pushkar S. Kolhatkar (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical header for mounting to an object such as an electrical device. The header comprises a body including a base, a first plug end defined on a first side of the base and adapted to mate with a mating connector, and a second plug end defined on a second side of the base and adapted to be inserted into the object. An elastic locking element is arranged ...