ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,927, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Connector with increased rigidity and electronic device including the same" was invented by Jaeryong Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heekang Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Inha Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a base, a protruding portion protruding from a surface of the base, sidewalls surrounding the protruding portion, and a conductive member. The sidewalls include a first and second sidewalls extending parallel to one another in a first direction, a third sidewall extending in a second dire...