ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,941, issued on March 24, was assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).

"Field installable card edge connector" was invented by Kui Yang (Chengdu, China), Xiaodong Hu (Chengdu, China) and Yaohua Hou (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field installable connector that conforms to standard physical requirements while providing high performance at high speeds. The connector includes a housing holding conductive elements configured for pressure mount to a printed circuit board. The housing has a mating surface, a mounting surface opposite the mating surface in a vertical direction, and a s...