ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,693, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SPEED TECH Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Modular connector with improved locking features and assembly method thereof" was invented by Chungpeng Liu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Juehao Yu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Hungchih Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals, a cable module and a metal shell. The insulating body includes a mating surface, an installation surface and an installation space extending through the installation surface. The cable module includes an insulating block and a number of cables f...