H01R 12/727
Coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts
Official title: {Coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts}
H01R12/727 (Coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts) appears on 705 US grants and 626 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Differential signal electrical connector368US 6,293,827 B1Teradyne, Inc. · 2001
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