ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,092, issued on May 12, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).
"Staged mating electrical connector" was invented by Christian Perry Brandt (Middleton, Pa.), John W. Hall (Middleton, Pa.) and Guenther Mumper (Bensheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector comprises a first housing and a second housing each receiving a plurality of electrical terminals. The second housing is connected to the first housing, and is movable relative thereto in an insertion direction of the connector with respect to a mating connector. A latch selectively fixes the first housing in a staggered position relative to the sec...