ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,676, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Right angled coaxial electrical connector and method of forming same" was invented by John Morello (Warren, Ohio), James Rainey (Warren, Ohio) and Ryan Kirkpatrick (Wexford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shielded electrical connector includes a shield terminal attachment segment having a tubular first portion defining a first seam and second portion having two semicircular channels that extends from the first portion oriented at a right angle to the first axis, an inner insulator disposed within the shield terminal attachment segment,...