ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,521, issued on May 26, was assigned to HARTING ELECTRIC STIFTUNG & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Insert for a connector" was invented by Yongjun Chen (Zhuhai, China) and Yingtao Wang (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insert for a connector, said insert is provided having: an insert housing, a cavity of the insert housing having a plurality of connection accommodating holes for accommodating a plurality of connections, and the plurality of connections comprising at least one protective earthing connection; and a protective earthing plate which is attached to the outer surface of the insert housing in order to electricall...