US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Feb. 17 for "Toolless direct current connector with ground" (Texas, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,954, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Toolless direct current connector with ground" was invented by Julian Yu-Hao Chen (Austin, Texas) and Padmanabh R. Gharpure (De Pere, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toolless direct current connector includes a frame, a plug, and a toolless component. The plug is in physical communication with the frame. The plug includes a power terminal, a return terminal, and a ground terminal. The plug to be secured within a receptacle of a power supply unit. The toolless component is in physical communication with the frame and with the plug. The toolless compon...