ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,305, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cummins Emission Solutions Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Electrical connector including tubular wire connection portion and pin connection portion" was invented by Colin L. Norris (Columbus, Ind.), Ryan M. Johnson (Cottage Grove, Wis.) and Daniel Edward Novreske (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a tubular wire connection portion having recess in which a wire is insertable. The recess extends in a first direction. The tubular wire connection portion crimps onto the wire. The electrical connector further includes a pin connection portion having first and seco...