ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,207, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to AIRBORN LLC.
"Cartridge style mating and mounting hardware" was invented by Ryan Strider (Georgetown, Texas), Kevin Traugott (Georgetown, Texas), Matt Gold (Little Falls, Minn.) and William Rhea (Georgetown, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved connector for an electrical cable and method therefor uses cartridge style mating and mounting hardware for mating connectors to one another and for mounting the connectors to a printed circuit board (PCB). In some embodiments, the mating and mounting hardware includes connector shells and mating and mounting assemblies that are fully interch...