ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,537, issued on May 20, was assigned to EZCONN Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Connector" was invented by Chang-Jie Tsau (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Kai-Chih Wei (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector is provided in the present invention. The connector is suitable for being assembled on a circuit board, and the circuit board includes an upper surface and a lower surface, and the connector includes a body, a mandrel, at least three supporting rods and an elastic part. The body includes a head, a body and a tail, and the head and the tail are connected to opposite sides of the body. The mandrel is coaxially passed thro...