ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,340, issued on March 17, was assigned to Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Hybrid connector housing, hybrid connector and connector assembly" was invented by Jianlin Huang (Suzhou, China), Feng (Carlos) Pan (Suzhou, China) and Ky Zhu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector housing comprises an inner housing including a rear housing, and a first sub housing and a second sub housing each formed integrally with the rear housing. The first sub housing is sized to accommodate a first cable assembly, and includes a rear end connected to a front side of the rear housing. The second sub housing is si...