ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,495, issued on April 21, was assigned to LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Electrical connector, adapter and test device with smooth impedance transition" was invented by Chien-Yu Hsu (Shenzhen, China), Ruey-Ting Liao (Shenzhen, China), Shih-Tung Lin (Shenzhen, China) and Chi-Wei Lin (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes an outer shell, an insulating element, and a central conductive terminal. The outer shell includes a mounting hole. The insulating element is installed in the mounting hole. The central conductive terminal includes a first fitting portion, a secon...