ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,430, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Coretronic Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Connection detection device and connection detection method" was invented by Ching-Feng Hsieh (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection detection device and a connection detection method for detecting a connection state between a first connector and a second connector are provided. The first connector includes detection pins. The second connector includes loop pins corresponding to the detection pins. The connection detection device includes a bias voltage generator, a detection circuit, and a processor. The bias voltage generator applie...