ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,517, issued on May 26, was assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).
"Robust card edge connector" was invented by Kui Yang (Chengdu, China) and Xiaodong Hu (Chengdu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector that is robust under various operating conditions of a system in which the connector is used. The connector has a housing holding terminals. The housing has a slot extending from a body to a tower disposed at an end of the body. The tower has an outer chamber and an inner chamber joining the out chamber and the slot. The outer and inner chambers comprising joined side walls. The...