ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,937, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Connector holder for bypass connection applications" was invented by Allan Cantle (Westlake Village, Calif.) and Robert Dillman (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector holder includes a housing (configured to be secured within an aperture in a substrate), a first connector disposed within the housing and configured to provide a mating interface that extends above the support member and a cable that is connected to the connector and extends below the support member. The first connector is used to provide electrical connection with an associated e...