ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,226, issued on July 28, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Electrical connector with improved protective members" was invented by Meng Liu (Kunshan, China) and Bao-Can Guo (Zhengzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing having a first mating face and a second mating face, a first slot through the first mating face, and a second slot through the second mating face, the second mating face protruding beyond the first mating face; a first set of terminals extending ...