ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,104, issued on March 4, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"High speed electrical connector with preassembled EMI shielding" was invented by Nicholas Paul Ruffini (Lancaster, Pa.), Lynn Robert Sipe (Mifflintown, Pa.) and Brian Todd Klinger (Harrisburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for terminating a high speed cable. The assembly includes a shell housing and preassembled crosstalk shield. The shell housing has a mating end and a conductor receiving end, One or more shield receiving recesses extend from the conductor receiving end toward the mating end. The preassembled crosstalk shield has ...