ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,146, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD (Dongguan, China).

"Plug connector and connector assembly capable of achieving miniaturization" was invented by Tiesheng Li (Dongguan, China), Rongzhe Guo (Dongguan, China), Hongji Chen (Dongguan, China), Zhaolong Zeng (Dongguan, China) and Sihai Yi (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector assembly and a plug connector. The plug connector includes a housing and a tongue plate. The housing includes a mating surface. A number of conductive pads are provided on the tongue plate. The housing include...