ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,870, issued on June 9, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Connector assembly" was invented by Javier Resendez (Streamwood, Ill.), Jerber Mendoza (Aurora, Ill.), John C. Laurx (Aurora, Ill.), Jose J. Gonzalez Jr. (Joliet, Ill.), Marc E. Krause (Darien, Ill.), Scott Edwards (Little Rock, Ark.) and William J. Miller II (New Lenox, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connector assemblies for high speed data communication are described. In one example, a connector assembly includes a plug mating interface, a surface mating interface, and a wafer assembly between the plug mating interface and the surface mating interface. The wafer a...