US Patent Issued to BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC on Oct. 7 for "Plug connector with blocking bar" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,303, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Plug connector with blocking bar" was invented by Kuan-Wu Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Hsing-Yu Lee (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yen-Jang Liao (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector includes an insulating body, an elastic latch, and a blocking bar. The blocking bar is connected to the insulating body and spans a pushing portion of the elastic latch. The pushing portion has at least one hook and a pushing end hung in the air. The blocking bar is located between the hook and the pushing end for protecting the pushing end."

The patent wa...