ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,831, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to XEROX Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Multi-part sensing electrode connector" was invented by David Eric Schwartz (Concord, Mass.), David K Biegelsen (Portola Valley, Calif.) and Ping Mei (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin form of an electrical connector for creating a detachable connection between two circuit elements is disclosed. When the connector is employed, only an outer electrode present on a portion of the connector is exposed to the ambient environment and the rest of the electronics of both the connector and of a device into which the device is integrated can be insulat...