ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,206, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to THE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"High speed electrical connector for communication system" was invented by Dean Marlin Harmon III (Etters, Pa.), Dustin Grant Rowe (Harrisburg, Pa.), Linda Ellen Shields (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Michael Streckewald (Harrisburg, Pa.), Zachary Galbraith (Hummelstown, Pa.) and Nitish Balakrishnan (Harrisburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a conductive housing having a mating end and a mounting end mounted to a circuit board. The conductive housing provides electrical shielding around pockets and include...