ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,344, issued on March 17.
"Cable end connector with latch" was invented by Shi-Jung Chen (Kunshan, China) and Yi-Hsing Chung (Kunshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cable end connector. The cable end connector includes: a base; a circuit board fixedly disposed in the base; a cable connected to the circuit board; and a latch fixedly disposed in a mounting groove of the base. The latch has a body portion and a bent portion formed by bending downwards from a rear edge of the body portion, the bent portion can abut against the base, and the body portion has a plurality of hooks extending forwards. The cable end conn...