ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,976, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Connector arrangement" was invented by Philip Keith (Grange-Over-Sands, Great Britain), Scott Spencer (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain) and Daniel Church (Kirkby-in-Furness, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly for an electrical connection, the connector assembly includes a plug and a socket. The plug includes a connector and a frame. The connector has a solid core conductor, the solid core conductor has an end portion. The frame surrounds the solid core conductor except for the end portion. The end portion is deformed...