ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,817, issued on July 29, was assigned to Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co. Ltd. (Gyeongsan, South Korea).

"Connector and cable assembly comprising the same" was invented by Gi-Chan Kwon (Gyeongsan-Si, South Korea) and Seung Moon Ryu (Gyeongsan-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting to a cable having a conducting wire includes an outer shield adapted to receive the cable. A holder is mounted within the shield and receives a center contact of the connector. The center contact receives and electrically contacts the conducting wire, with at least a portion of the center contact being elastically deformed by...