ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,344, issued on July 14, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Header power connector" was invented by Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri (Campinas, Brazil), Xiaobao Geng (Troy, Mich.) and Skyler Krathwohl (Winston Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A header power connector includes a header housing including an outer housing and a terminal holder. The terminal holder forms a terminal channel and includes a front opening and a rear opening. The header power connector includes a plurality of terminals arranged in a stacked configuration in the terminal channel. Each terminal includes a terminal base, a front...