ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,675, issued on June 17, was assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH (Waldkraiburg, Germany).
"Connector" was invented by Helmut Pritz (Ampfing, Germany) and Thomas Halbig (Dietfurt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connection to a mating connector includes a connector housing having a contact chamber configured to accommodate a contact assembly extending from a contact side toward a mating side, and a secondary retention element having two mounting arms and a securing element disposed therebetween. The connector housing has an access opening. The secondary retention element is movable between a pre-latched and a final la...