ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,546, issued on May 20, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).
"Connector for a flat flexible cable" was invented by Christopher Raybold (Middletown, Pa.), John Mark Myer (Middletown, Pa.), Ryan David Hetrick (Middletown, Pa.) and Jeremy Patterson (Middletown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing and a terminal disposed in the housing. The housing has a base and a cover. The base has a closed section with a receiving passageway and an open section extending from the closed section. The cover encloses the open section in a closed position of the cover. The co...