ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,516, issued on May 26, was assigned to Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. (Swindon, Great Britain).
"Electric connector with an anti-vibration mechanism" was invented by Tomasz Kopinski (Swindon, Great Britain) and Jonathan Mark Eyles (Swindon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric connector connectable to a mating electric connector includes and inner part, an outer part and a self-locking mechanism. The inner part is adapted to be connected to an electrical conductor. The outer part is adapted to connect to the mating electric connector. The inner and outer parts are connected coaxially and rotatably to one another. The sel...