US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Aug. 25 for "Electrical mating systems" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,194, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Electrical mating systems" was invented by Lon R. Hoegberg (Belvidere, Ill.) and Brennan Fox (Machesney Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical mating system can include a first connector having a plurality of first contacts, and a second connector having a plurality of second contacts. Each one of the first contacts can pair with one of the second contacts so that they provide electrical conduction between pairs of contacts when the first connector is properly mated to the second connector. At least one of the first contacts or firs...