ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,186, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).

"Robust electrical connector" was invented by Kui Yang (Chengdu, China) and Xiaodong Hu (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robust electrical connector is provided. The connector includes a housing body, conductive elements held by the housing body, and a slot extending in the housing body and configured to receive a mating component. The housing body has a mating face and a mounting face opposite the mating face. The conductive elements include mating portions curving into the slot and configured to mate with the ma...