ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,972, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLC (Glendale, Ariz.).

"Compressible electrical contacts with divericated-cut sections" was invented by Daniel Michael Grabowski (Goodyear, Ariz.) and Casey Roy Stein (Surprise, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressible electrical contact, manufactured from a tube, includes a first contact end, a second contact end opposing the first contact end, and a medial portion disposed between the first contact end and the second contact end. The medial portion includes a plurality of divaricated cut sections based on at least one divaricating pattern cut into ...