ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,933, issued on May 13, was assigned to TE Connectivity India Private Ltd. (Bangalore, India).

"Electrical connector with a cover structure as well as a mating connector and a connector assembly" was invented by Gopi K T (Bangalore, India) and Hariharan Iyer Karthik (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector comprises at least one contact element, and a cover structure restricting access to the at least one contact element. The cover structure includes a wall element at least partially surrounding the at least one contact element and defines a reception zone between the wall element and the at least one c...