US Patent Issued to Aptiv Technologies on June 3 for "Connector assembly with funnel-shaped signal contact end section" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,894, issued on June 3, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Connector assembly with funnel-shaped signal contact end section" was invented by Gert Droesbeke (Erkrath, Germany) and Valery Volkov (Bochum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes at least one elongated inner signal contact having a first connection portion. The first connection portion includes a tube-like main section and a funnel-shaped end section. The first connection portion further includes an insulating element. The insulating element defines at least one elongated cavity designed to accommodate the elonga...