ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,661, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Genesis Technology USA Inc. (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

"Impedance-matched high-current G-type RF connector" was invented by Earl Anthony Daughtry (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Taochuan Chen (Duluth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connecter (400), such as a jack, has a mating end (402), a first barrel (404), an optional collar (406), a second barrel (408), a body end (410), a center receptacle (412), a first solid dielectric (502) at the mating end of the first barrel, and second solid dielectric (504) at the body end (410) of the second barrel. The first section of the barrel has a smoo...