ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,292, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Receptacle and electronic device including the same" was invented by Junhwa Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a housing which defines an external device connector hole, and a receptacle connected to the housing at the external device connector hole and openable and closeable. The receptacle includes a first metal member including an electrical connection part exposed to outside the first metal member in a direction away from the external device connector hole, and a door cover which ...