US Patent Issued to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR, FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY on May 26 for "Contact assembly and method of making same and electrical connector including the contact assembly" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,527, issued on May 26, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Contact assembly and method of making same and electrical connector including the contact assembly" was invented by Patrick R. Casher (North Aurora, Ill.) and Terrance F. Little (Fullerton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact assembly for an electrical connector includes: a ground contact module including plural ground contacts defining an engaging section exposed to air and a conductive plastic member mounted to the engaging section and extending th...