US Patent Issued to Neutrik on April 21 for "Cable plug connector with offset coupling region for the protective conductor" (Austrian, Liechtensteiner Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,479, issued on April 21, was assigned to Neutrik AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Cable plug connector with offset coupling region for the protective conductor" was invented by Christian Sohnel (Gofis, Austria) and Nathalie Nipp (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable plug connector having a mechanical retaining element, a latch slider, mechanical key elements, a cable insertion opening, an outer conductor contact element, a neutral conductor contact element and a protective conductor contact element. The outer conductor contact element provides an electrically conductive connection with the outer conductor in a fi...