ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,389, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Reversible attachment micro connector" was invented by Peter D. Brewer (Westlake Village, Calif.), Chia-Ming Chang (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Diego Eduardo Carrasco (Los Angeles), Sevag Terterian (Lake Balboa, Calif.) and Charbel Abijaoude (Newbury Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversible attachment micro connector includes a pin and mounted on a first assembly and a socket mounted on a second assembly. The socket is operational to mate with the pin at least two times to establish an electrical connection, and separate from the pin at least once....