ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,255, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical connector using tunable hot melt adhesive material" was invented by Chad William Morgan (Carneys Point, N.J.), Bruce Allen Champion (Camp Hill, Pa.), David Patrick Orris (Middletown, Pa.), Jessica H B. Hemond (Mifflintown, Pa.), Megan Hoarfrost Beers (Redwood City, Calif.), Aakriti Kharel (San Jose, Calif.) and Jason Thomas Chiota (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly having a printed circuit board, signal wires, and an impedance mold. The signal wires transmit signals at a dete...