ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,656, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical connector assembly" was invented by Arturo Casares Valdes (Saltillo, Mexico), Duane Brantingham (Cortland, Ohio), Eduardo Daniel Alvarez Valdez (Saltillo, Mexico) and Velmurugan Kandasamy (Salem, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly includes several electrical terminals. Each electrical terminal has a connection portion extending along a first axis and an attachment portion extending along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The electrical connector assembly further include...