ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,903, issued on April 8, was assigned to AMPHENOL TUCHEL INDUSTRIAL GMBH (Heilbronn, Germany).

"Rotary device for plug connectors" was invented by Michael Bertsch (Heilbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coding device for plug connectors that has at least one first coding mechanism and a second coding mechanism assigned to the first, wherein the coding mechanism are each provided on one of the plug connector elements to be connected, wherein the at least one first coding mechanism is rotatably coupled to the plug connector plug, such that the orientation of the plug connector partners relative to one another can be produce...