ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,865, issued on June 9, was assigned to Neutrik AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).
"Plug coupling having two female plug connectors and a locking assembly for each" was invented by Oliver Dobler (Tschagguns, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector coupling, in the housing of which at least two female plug connectors are formed, are arranged such that they are rotated by 180deg relative to one another about a common axis. For each female plug connector, a locking assembly is provided for each cable plug. The contact elements of both female plug connectors belong to a common contact set, in which the contact elements are guided ...