ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,096, issued on May 12, was assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, Texas).

"Push-pull coaxial connector having a movable sleeve" was invented by Jin Liu (Suzhou, China), Hongjuan An (Suzhou, China), Jien Zheng (Suzhou, China) and Yujun Zhang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a push-pull coaxial connector comprising: an external conductor, where the external conductor is configured to internally receive the matching external conductor of a mating connector, with concave parts or through holes on the inner surface of the side wall of the external conductor that house retainers...