ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,956, issued on March 24, was assigned to HIROSE KOREA Co. LTD. (Siheung-si, South Korea).

"Miniaturized electrical connector with features to prevent short circuit of power terminals" was invented by Kang Gun Yang (Siheung-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a pair of electrical connectors including a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector includes a plug housing, a plug signal terminal, a plug power terminal, and a fastening wall. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing, a receptacle signal terminal, a receptacle power terminal, and a fastening groove. With the pl...