ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,883, issued on June 2, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Connector and connector assembly" was invented by Xinlei (Tony) Li (Shanghai), Hailong (Sanders) Yan (Shanghai), Hua (Andy) Li (Shanghai), Hongqiang (Sean) Han (Shanghai) and Jiayuan Luo (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector comprises an insulation body, a plurality of signal terminals held in the insulation body and adapted to transmit signals, and a plurality of power supply terminals held in the insulation body and adapted to supply power. The power supply terminals of the connector are adapted to engage with power supply termina...