ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,448, issued on April 14, was assigned to AMPHENOL Corp. (Wallingford, Conn.).
"Card connector" was invented by Erik Strahl (Unadilla, N.Y.), Ritch Allen Selfridge (DuBois, Pa.) and Kyle Matthew Tompkins (Endicott, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes an electrical connector including a plurality of electrical contacts and a backplane connector electrically connectable to the electrical connector. The backplane connector is positioned along an axis with the electrical connector and is movable within a plane arranged at an angle relative to the axis. An interposer member is mechanically connected to and el...