US Patent Issued to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) on July 14 for "Electrical connector" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,314, issued on July 14, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Electrical connector" was invented by Jiaoyong (Mac) Liu (Shanghai), Hongqiang (Sean) Han (Shanghai) and Jie (Roger) Luo (Shunde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a housing defining a slot in which a mating component can be at least partially inserted, a conductive terminal installed in the housing and having a contact end capable of electrically contacting the mating component, and a supporting member elastically supporting the contact end. The supporting member has a cantilever beam and a supporting arm ext...