ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,678, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Compact interface through hinge connector" was invented by Parin R Dedhia (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Andrew N Leopold (San Francisco), Bilal Mohamed Ibrahim Kani (Singapore), Henry H Yang (San Jose, Calif.), Jun Zhang (San Jose, Calif.), Kishore N Renjan (Singapore), Manoj Vadeentavida (Singapore) and Takayoshi Katahira (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic devices and methods include a first electronic device that includes a printed circuit board and a quad plug connector coupled to a first surface of a printed circuit board. A first set of wire...