ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,411, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany) and TE Connectivity India Private Ltd. (Bangalore, India).

"Housing part for an electrical connector with improved mating characteristics" was invented by Chethan M. (Bangalore, India), Vishnu Patagar (Bangalore, India), Sebastian Helm (Bensheim, Germany), Kirstin Schang (Bensheim, Germany) and Joachim Barth (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing part for an electrical connector includes a housing wall adjacent to an opening. The housing wall has a front edge with a chamfer on a side of the housing wall. The chamfer extends a...