ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,103, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to CARLISLE INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Kent, Wash.).

"Electrical coax contact system" was invented by William James DeWitt (Camarillo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector including an electrically conductive shell sized to receive and retain an electrically insulating housing insert, where the housing insert includes a cavity for receiving and retaining a wire-terminating electrical contact therein. The shell and housing insert each including keying features designed to cooperate with one another to resist independent rotation of the housing insert within the shell. ...