ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,421, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to I-PEX Inc. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electrical connector having first and second shells contacting opposed conductive wall parts" was invented by Takashi Masunaga (Ogori, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector is attached to a wiring substrate and mated with a counterpart connector connected to a signal transmission medium. A shell of the electrical connector has a pair of wall parts that contact a ground member on the counterpart connector. One wall part distant from the signal transmission medium includes a first side plate that has one end attached to a ground conductive path o...