ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,033, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Drapho Electronics Technology. Ltd (Suzhou, China).
"Method of manufacturing an electric connector" was invented by ChangYao Chen (Suzhou, China), ZhuPing Wu (Suzhou, China) and ZhiHong Fang (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an electric connector includes: providing a metal strip and stamping on the metal strip at a stamping station to obtain a terminal set; packaging and conveying the terminal set to an electroplating station; electroplating and conveying the terminal set to an assembling station; bending and assembling the terminal set into the insulator....