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(43) Date of publication: 01.05.2024 Bulletin 2024/18 (21) Application number: 22753580.4 (22) Date of filing: 23.02.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01R 4/18(2006.01) H01R 13/40(2006.01) H01R 13/20(2006.01) H01R 24/28(2011.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): H01R 4/188; H01R 4/185; H01R 13/432; H01R 13/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/017540 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/271210 (29.12.2022 Gazette 2022/52)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 21.06.2021 US 202117353276 18.02.2022 US 202217675970 (71) Applicant: J.S.T. Corporation Farmington Hills, MI 48335 (US)	(72) Inventors: CHEN, Ping Farmington Hills, MI 48335 (US) UPSON, Gwendolyn Farmington Hills, MI 48335 (US) (74) Representative: Kador & Partner Part mbB  Corneliusstraße 15 80469 München 80469 München (DE)