ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,948, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to J.S.T. Corp. (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
"Keyed electric connector" was invented by Eric Blankinship (Lathrup Village, Mich.), Ping Chen (Novi, Mich.) and Gwendolyn Upson (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector having a male housing and a female housing with keying systems is provided. The keying system on the male housing has a first keying pattern and a second keying pattern. The keying system on the female housing has a third keying pattern and a fourth keying pattern. The keying patterns can be ribs and grooves. A rib of the first keying pattern can be inserted to a groo...