US Patent Issued to GLENAIR on May 20 for "Multiple-contact electrical connector assembly" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,585, issued on May 20, was assigned to GLENAIR INC. (Glendale, Calif.).

"Multiple-contact electrical connector assembly" was invented by Daniel McLean Mitchell (Lake Forest, Calif.), G. W. Stewart Clark (Cobourg, Canada), Bryan N. Samowitz (Los Angeles), Mehrdad Ghara (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Guido Hunziker (Altadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body, electrical connector contacts mounted in the connector body, and electrical wire contacts attached to wires of an electrical cable. Rear ends of the connector contacts (either contact pins or sockets) engage front ends of ...