ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,911, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hypertac S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy).

"Female contact with at least one new wire assembly" was invented by Carlo Viggiani (Genoa, Italy), Roberto Tosa (Genoa, Italy) and Giacomo Gennari (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female electrical contact for receiving a male electrical contact is provided. The female electrical contact includes at least one wire assembly for receiving a pin of the male electrical contact, wherein each wire assembly includes a conductive, substantially cylindrical wire-carrier defining an inner part and having a length L along a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of...