ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,138, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Advanced Connectek Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Electrical connector with waterproof member therein" was invented by Yubin Li (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yao Mei Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Guan Liao (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 a plurality of terminals, a first insulating body, a second insulating body, a shell, and a waterproof member is provided. The terminals are respectively retained in the first insulating body and the second insulating body. The shell is sheathed to ...