ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,211, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Electrical connector system with cylindrical terminal body" was invented by James Dawson (Carol Stream, Ill.), Jason Degen (Carol Stream, Ill.), Brantley Natter (Carol Stream, Ill.), Mohamad Zeidan (Carol Stream, Ill.) and Slobodan Pavlovic (Carol Stream, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector system for electrically connecting a power source to other power distribution components or assemblies, for example in a motor vehicle. This connector system includes a male connector assembly with an electrically conductive male terminal assembly having a ...