US Patent Issued to Molex on Aug. 4 for "Inline electrical connector system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,698, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Inline electrical connector system" was invented by Olivier Marcel Raymond Plessis (Guyancourt, France) and Matthieu Huguet (Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inline electrical connector system includes male and female connectors and a mate assist slider. The male connector includes first and second spaced apart projections which engage with rotatable gears on the female connector, and the mate assist slider includes a gear track which engages with the gears. Axial movement of the female connector and mate assist slider relative to the male...