ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,654, issued on Oct. 21.
"Non-shorting electronics jack" was invented by Erik Dower (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jack for receiving a plug to make an electrical connection, the plug having a plug sleeve contact and a plug tip contact separated by a plug insulator, the jack having a jack sleeve contact forming a gap with the plug sleeve contact when the plug is not fully inserted into the jack, a jack tip contact configured to create an electrical connection with a plug tip contact when the plug is fully inserted into the jack, and a dog that imparts movement to the jack sleeve contact when the plug is inserted into the ...