ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,338, issued on June 23, was assigned to Dongguan Aohai Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"Type-C plug terminal, manufacturing method thereof, connector and charger" was invented by Chaohua Zhou (Dongguan, China), Xiaochun Zhang (Dongguan, China), Xiugen Guo (Dongguan, China) and Yanhua Luo (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a Type-C plug terminal, manufacturing method thereof, connector and charger. The terminal comprises a first terminal module, a second terminal module and a terminal housing; the first terminal module is injection molded by using a first terminal element and a middle clip; the second ...