ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,518, issued on March 31, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Hands-free connectors" was invented by Wade J. Doll (Enumclaw, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The description relates to connectors for connecting components of a system. One example can include a rectangular housing that has connectors positioned along at least one side. A single axis deployment mechanism can be configured to constrain movement of the connectors to a single axis. Upon receiving input from an angle that is perpendicular or oblique to the axis, the single axis deployment mechanism can be configured to cause the connec...