ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,370, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Pivotable connector" was invented by David Scott Allaway (Bothell, Wash.), Gianna Marie Morena (Cranston, R.I.), Minh Cao Nguyen (Bothell, Wash.) and Suet Fong Tin (Redmond, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for an electronic device is disclosed. The connector includes a housing. The housing includes a leading surface. The leading surface forms a plug opening and a fulcrum spaced away from the plug opening. The connector includes an electronic plug extending through the plug opening away from the leading surface of the housing. ...