ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,534, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany) and ept GmbH (Peiting, Germany).

"Electrical plug connector with shield plate and guide element" was invented by Arndt Schafmeister (Dorentrup, Germany), Nico Wassel (Blomberg, Germany), Alexander Herbst (Blomberg, Germany), Kathrin Stelzer (Paderborn, Germany), Dimitri Hardt (Paderborn, Germany), Ralf Geske (Schieder-Schwalenber, Germany), Markus Sonderer (Hoxter, Germany), Sven Hergesell (Hameln, Germany), Ralph Habiger (Hohenfurch, Germany), Georg Brennauer (Wildsteig, Germany), Helge Fritsch (Peiting, Germany), Stefan Frommrich (Schongau, Germany) and Ralf Gehle (Detmold, Germany).

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