US Patent Issued to Dell Products on May 5 for "Highly repairable, non-soldered USB connector" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,739, issued on May 5, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Highly repairable, non-soldered USB connector" was invented by Richard Eddings (Cedar Park, Texas), Ernesto Ramirez (Austin, Texas), Michael David (Austin, Texas), Junji Oosaka (Tokyo) and Akihiro Matsunaga (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a highly-repairable, non-soldered Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector are described. In some non-limiting embodiments, a USB connector assembly comprises: a mounting bracket configured to removably attach to a printed circuit board (PCB); and a plurality of spring contacts disposed at least in part withi...