ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,421, issued on March 18, was assigned to CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Connector lock structure having a guarding function" was invented by Li Nien Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Sheng Nan Yu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chun Fu Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector lock structure includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, a shell, a locking assembly, a sliding board, a pressing element and an unlocking tool. The insulating body is molded around the plurality of the terminals. The shell surrounds the insulating body. The locking assembly includes at least one lacking gro...