ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,963, issued on March 24, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD (Singapore).

"Electrical connector having an anomaly alert system and a brittle membrane" was invented by Gary D. Cudak (Raleigh, N.C.), John M. Petersen (Wake Forest, N.C.) and Nathan Peterson (Oxford, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a housing including a main body and an outer shield extending from the main body. One or more electrical contacts extend into an interface chamber within the outer shield. A membrane is coupled to the housing. An alert device is coupled to the housing. The membrane in a normal state connects to the...