ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,684, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Positronic Industries Inc. (Springfield, Mo.).

"Fastener free backshell assembly" was invented by Ines Moraga Fernandez (Toulouse, France), Stephane Leprat (Leboulin, France), Patrice Pivetta (Sainte Christie, France) and Stephane De Monicault (Pavie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backshell for an electrical connector and an electrical connector assembly including the connector and the backshell. The backshell is formed from several components that can be slid together to hold the electrical connector and contain portions of wires that are terminated in the electrical connector. A m...