ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,531, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"EMI shield for simplified connector manufacturing" was invented by Robert V. Weber (Redwood City, Calif.), Min Chul Kim (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Joshua J. Pong (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connector inserts and connector receptacles having a reduced number of individual parts and that can be manufactured with a reduced number of manufacturing steps and tools. An example provides connector inserts and connector receptacles having a reduced number of individual parts by including one or more parts that can be used more than once in each connec...