ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,630, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).
"Shielded electric connector" was invented by Cord Starke (Blomberg, Germany), Lukas Brillo (Hoxter, Germany) and Michael Ludke (Vlotho, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shielded electrical connector is provided, comprising a plurality of wire elements, a plurality of wire element sheaths, an outer shielding sleeve, at least one inner shielding sleeve, a connector housing for accommodating terminal members, a shield divider for defining at least two shielding sectors, wherein the first subset of wire elements is extended into a first sh...