ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,381, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Circuit board assembly" was invented by Ping Hou (Dongguan, China), Xinjie (David) Zhang (Kunshan, China) and Hengkang Wu (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, a plurality of cables soldered to a side of the circuit board, a protective member covering a plurality of solder joints of the cables on the circuit board, and a retainer provided on the side of the circuit board. The retainer fixes the protective member on the circuit board."
The patent was filed on July 29, 2022, under Applica...