ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,242, issued on June 30, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Methods of manufacture of multi-diameter female contacts with a circuit board" was invented by John Voelkel (Palm Bay, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for making a circuit board to be coupled to a connector including a connector body and outwardly extending conductive pins. The method may include forming passageways in a dielectric layer, forming a first conductive layer within the passageways, and forming a core within the passageways to define conductive tubular vias. The method may also include removing an uppermost portion of the cond...