ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,789, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Housing for a connector of a connector system" was invented by Kevin McKee (Hemet, Calif.) and David Allen Klein (Winston Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for a connector includes a main body having a plurality of exterior sides and a resilient shell extending from the exterior sides. The resilient shell includes a first resilient section having a first support connected to the exterior sides and a cantilever disposed at an end of the first support opposite the main body. The cantilever is separated by a distance...