ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,701, issued on March 3, was assigned to Connecteurs Electriques Deutsch (Evreux, France).
"Connector" was invented by Fabien Houvenaghel (Evreux, France) and Christian Cavailles (Evreux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector matable along a mating axis with a mating connector includes an inner housing element having a receptacle, an outer housing element movable along the mating axis to the inner housing element from an unmated position of the outer housing element to a mated position of the outer housing element, and a coupling element with a hollow receiving and coupling with a plug of the mating connector. The coupling...