US Patent Issued to Fuyu Electronic Technology (Huai'an), FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY on March 3 for "Electrical connector upper and lower contacts made from a single contact carrier in two groups" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,709, issued on March 3, was assigned to Fuyu Electronic Technology (Huai'an) Co. Ltd. (Huai'an, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Electrical connector upper and lower contacts made from a single contact carrier in two groups" was invented by Jun Zhao (Huaian, China) and Cai-Yun Zhang (Huaian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue with two opposite surfaces and plural contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue. The plural contacts are originally formed from a same sheet metal to...