ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,204, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MAGIC CONTROL TECHNOLOGY Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Card reader" was invented by Pei-Chung Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a card reader, which includes two USB connectors of two specifications hidden in the body. The two USB connectors are rotatably combined in the body, and a user can choose to use one of the USB connectors to rotate out one side of the body and position it to electrically connect to a main circuit board. A card slot is provided on the opposite side of the body. When one of the USB connectors is rotated out of the body and connect...