ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,163, issued on July 21, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Connector with terminal module and shielding part" was invented by Congtu Xiao (Dongguan, China), Wang Xiong (Dongguan, China) and Yiquan Wang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector may be disposed in the communication device, and may be signally connected to a circuit board in the communication device. The connector may include a terminal module and a shielding part. The terminal module includes a plurality of connection terminals, and the plurality of connection terminals include a signal terminal and a ground terminal. Th...