ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,423, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Receptacle cage having EMI shielding" was invented by Richard James Long (Middletown, Pa.), Freddy R. Galindo Palomino (Middletown, Pa.) and Alex Michael Sharf (Middletown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage having shielding walls forming a module channel configured to receive a pluggable module. The front end has a port open to the pluggable module to receive the pluggable module. The receptacle connector assembly includes an EMI shield coupled to the receptacle cage at the f...