ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,301, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Electrical connector" was invented by Troy Tegg (Elk River, Minn.), Isaac Remer (Richfield, Minn.) and Derek Sutermeister (Ham Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a plug portion and a receptacle portion. The plug portion includes a plurality of conductive pins, with a portion of each conductive pin surrounded by a non-conductive post. The receptacle portion includes a plurality of conductive pins recessed into a corresponding plurality of recesses within the receptacle portion. When the plug po...