ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,916, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Coaxial electrical terminal with crimped outer ferrule" was invented by Nicole Liptak (Cortland, Ohio) and Michael Messuri (Canfield, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial electrical cable assembly includes a coaxial electrical terminal having an inner ferrule disposed between an insulator surrounding a central conductor of a coaxial cable and a shield conductor of the coaxial cable and an outer ferrule crimped to the shield conductor and in compressive contact therewith. The outer ferrule defines a pair of crimp wings extending from a...