ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,982, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Advanced Connectek Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Electrical connector" was invented by Yubin Li (New Taipei, Taiwan), Qihui Zhu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Pin-Yuan Hou (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Shu-Fen Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector, including an insulating body, multiple terminals, a metal shell, a collar, and a water-proof glue, is provided. The terminals are disposed in the insulating body. The metal shell is disposed outside the insulating body and surrounds the insulating body and the terminals. The collar is sleeved onto an outer wall of the metal ...