ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,242, issued on July 28, was assigned to 360 TWO Pty Ltd. (Jindabyne, Australia).
"Electrical connector assembly" was invented by Dan Zylinski (Avonside, Australia) and Bradley John McCloy (New Hamburg, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly is provided comprising a male connector having an insertion end with a latch-receiving channel and an electrical contact arrangement, and a female connector having an open receiving end housing a movable member. The movable member includes a forwardly projecting gate and a complementary electrical contact arrangement and is biased toward the receiving end by a biasi...