US Patent Issued to Tyco Electronics Canada, TE Connectivity Solutions on Sept. 30 for "Header with backing plate for mounting the header to a mounting surface" (American, Canadian, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,673, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Tyco Electronics Canada ULC (Canada) and TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Header with backing plate for mounting the header to a mounting surface" was invented by Zoran Krnetic (Mississauga, Canada), David James Rhein (Troy, Mich.), Thomas Robert DeWitte (Troy, Mich.), Lindsey Gatesman (Winston Salem, N.C.), Adam Price Tyler (Troy, Mich.) and Praveen Kumar HM (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly comprises a header and a backing plate attachable thereto. The header includes a plug portion for connecting to a complementary mating connec...