ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,340, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ATL TECHNOLOGY LLC (Springville, Utah).

"High-density electrical connector" was invented by Tyler Yang (Provo, Utah), Darrell Goff (Highland, Utah), Braden Ta'ala (Spanish Fork, Utah) and John Holloway (Fort Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a plug. The plug includes a plug frame and plug ring-segment assemblies. The plug frame includes plug apertures. Each one of the plug ring-segment assemblies includes a plug ring-segment and a plurality of plug electrical contacts. The electrical connector further includes a receptacle. The...