ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,971, issued on July 1, was assigned to PADCO INDUSTRIES LLC (Newbury, Ohio).
"Electrical connector" was invented by Justin Makosky (Hiram, Ohio) and Craig Padula (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connection system includes an electrical connector that has a body, a plurality of contact pins received in the body, a tab that is radially movable relative to the body, and a cam mechanism for moving the tab. The electrical connection system further includes a mating connector having a plurality of pin receptacles and at least one key. When the mating connector is inserted in the body of the electrical connec...