ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,329, issued on July 14, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Electrical connector assembly having floating mating interface" was invented by Christian Perry Brandt (York, Pa.) and James Michael Raudenbush (Middletown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly is provided and includes an electrical connector that includes a housing having a contact channel and a contact held in the contact channel. The contact is terminated to an end of a cable. The cable extends from the housing. The electrical connector includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device coupled to the housing and operably ass...