US Patent Issued to Hi Rel Connectors on Sept. 30 for "Electrical connector with field serviceable shell assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,658, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hi Rel Connectors Inc. (Claremont, Calif.).

"Electrical connector with field serviceable shell assembly" was invented by Saul Ibarra (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Willis A. Williams (Fontana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector comprises an external mounting flange that provides a housing in which a gimbal shell assembly sits and pivots. An internal recessing shell is capable of having an electrical connection with the gimbal shell assembly, wherein when the gimble shell assembly is disengaged, no electrical connection exists between internal recessing shell and gimbal shell assembly....