ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,950, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cinch Connectivity Solutions Inc. (Lombard, Ill.).
"Electrical connector with a shell" was invented by Hecham Elkhatib (Aurora, Ill.) and Maurice Sun (Naperville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrical connector may include a first connector and a second connector which may be used in high temperature applications. In addition, the first connector and second connector may need to be disconnected with a predetermined pull force. In the first embodiment, the connector uses one or more magnets to control the amount of disconnect pull force. In the second embodiment, the connector uses ...