ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,289, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Wire assembly with welded contact" was invented by John R. Morello (Warren, Ohio) and James M. Rainey (Warren, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial cable assembly includes an inner conductor having an outer circumferential surface, wherein the inner conductor terminates in a tip having a planar surface substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the inner conductor. The coaxial cable assembly further includes an insulator located around the outer circumferential surface of the inner conductor and a contact welded to the planar...