ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,209, issued on July 21, was assigned to IDEAL Industries Inc. (Sycamore, Ill.).
"Self-retaining spring for flat-wiping contacts" was invented by Jia Yong Li (Westford, Mass.) and Joshua William Haney (Fitchburg, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaf spring for a flat-wiping connector includes a front section having a first surface corresponding to a plane, the front section further including a front edge configured to connect the leaf spring to the flat-wiping connector. The leaf spring further includes a rear section having a second surface angled with respect to the plane corresponding to the first surface of the front sectio...