ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,351, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Jess-link Products Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Multimedia socket connector with fracture opening and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Hu Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Hsu-Feng Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ching-Hung Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multimedia socket connector includes an insulating component and a terminal set. The insulating component includes an insulating main body and a tongue portion. The tongue portion includes a plurality of first grooves and second grooves. The first grooves are configured on a first plane of the tongue portion, an...