US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Feb. 17 for "System and method for cabled power using strain relief connectors" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,934, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for cabled power using strain relief connectors" was invented by Jason Pritchard (Hopkinton, Mass.), Stephen Edward Strickland (Foxborough, Mass.) and Daniel Alvarado (Pflugerville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one or more embodiments, one or more systems may comprise a system for leveraging a strain relief connector in a board connector or providing electrical power to a printed circuit board (PCB) retained in the board connector. A surface of the PCB is formed with a contact pad and a via is connected to the contact pad. The ...