ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,974, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Amphenol East Asia Ltd. (Hong Kong) (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Multi-width electrical connector with recessed neck segment" was invented by Lo-Wen Lu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, metal terminals, and a metal shell. The terminals may be disposed in the housing such that contact portions of the terminals are exposed in openings of the housing and are arranged to contact conductive portions of a mating connector when the electrical connector and the mating connector are mated. The shell may surround external surfaces of the hou...