ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,895, issued on April 8, was assigned to Northgate Technologies Inc. (Elgin, Ill.).

"Recessed D-subminiature connector assembly with flush mount cover" was invented by Scott Carpenter (Elgin, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recessed D-subminiature connector assembly, and device with D-subminiature connector assembly, with flush mount cover connector is disclosed. The D-subminiature connector assembly may include a flush panel mount solution when using a D-Sub connector that allows the dust cover or cap to be in the same plane as the external side of the panel it is mounted to. The D-subminiature connector assembly also includes ...