ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,933, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) and Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. (Swindon, Great Britain).

"Electrical connector" was invented by Lawrence John Brekosky (Middletown, Pa.), John Marsh (Swindon, Great Britain), Vinayakumar Shettar (Middletown, Pa.) and Ramesh S. (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a connector housing having a mounting end configured to be mounted to a circuit board and a cable exit end. The connector housing includes contact channels extending between the mounting end and the cable exit end. The connector housin...