ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,776, issued on April 22, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Angled subassembly for an angled connector" was invented by Nicholas Lee Evans (Middletown, Pa.) and Kevin Stauffer (Middletown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An angled subassembly of an angled connector includes an angled shield and a cable disposed in the angled shield. The angled shield has a first shield section and a second shield section extending at a bend angle with respect to the first shield section. The cable has a first portion positioned in the first shield section and a second portion positioned in the second shield section. The ...