ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,750, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Round plug connector comprising a shield connection" was invented by Marian Benzin (Hille, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A round plug connector for releasably connecting lines has at least one housing element for receiving at least one insulating body and at least one locking element for releasably connecting to a mating plug connector. The housing element receives at least one circumferential spring element, and the spring element is made of an electrically conductive material in order to attach to an electromagnetic shielding,...