ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,472, issued on April 21, was assigned to SIBAS Electronics (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. (Xiamen City, China) and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Connector and connector assembly" was invented by Daokuan (Jeremy) Zhang (Shanghai), Weidong (Randy) Huang (Xiamen, China), Yong (Chris) Wang (Shanghai), Hua He (Shanghai), Xinzheng (Tony) Fan (Shanghai) and Jianfei (Fencer) Yu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector comprises an insulation housing, a shielding shell, an inner sheath, and an outer sheath. The shielding shell is sheathed on the insulation housing. The inner sheath is formed on the shielding shell by injec...