ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,943, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Chip connector with improved terminals" was invented by Shan-Yong Cheng (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip connector includes: an insulative housing defining an upper face and a lower face, plural receiving passageways extending through the upper face and the lower face, a pair of fixing slots at opposite sides of each receiving passageway, and a pair of buckling recesses; and plural conductive terminals received respectively in the rece...