ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,212, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Connector assembly with pivotable operating element" was invented by Hsien-Chang Lin (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Chun-Wei Chang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly comprises a wire end connector, a board end connector, and an operating element. The board end connector includes a base and an extending tube body, which laterally forms a protrusion. The wire end connector includes a body and a wire connecting portion. The body has a shell that forms a guide groove and a side hole. The operating element has a pivot ...