ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,428, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai), Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd. (Suzhou, China) and Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Charging base for a charging gun" was invented by Renyi (Ronny) Dou (Suzhou, China), Jinshun (Jet) Wang (Suzhou, China), Fangyue (Jason) Zhu (Shanghai) and Haomai (Ivan) Yin (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging base comprises a charging end assembly and a connecting end assembly detachably connected thereto. The charging end assembly includes a charging end housing defining a plurality of first openings, and a plurality of fron...