ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,697, issued on March 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Receptacle connector" was invented by Waneui Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hanseok Mun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaeryong Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle connector includes a shell including a shell body and a shell stopper connected to the shell body; a terminal provided inside the shell body; a core body including a core base supporting the terminal and a parting part protruding from the core base; and a main body including: a center part including a main protrusion configured to move in a first di...