ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,254, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD (Dongguan, China).

"Backplane connector with improved metal shield surrounding member" was invented by Tao Song (Dongguan, China), Kun Liu (Dongguan, China) and Xiaoping Wu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backplane connector includes a housing and a number of mounting modules. The housing includes a base defining a number of receiving grooves. The mounting modules are assembled to the receiving grooves. Each mounting module includes an insulating body, a terminal module installed in the insulating body, and a metal shield surrounding member...