ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,218, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Electrical connector assembly having a polarizing feature and a latching feature" was invented by Terrance F. Little (Fullerton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a contact assembly, a cable assembly terminated to the contact assembly, a cover receiving the contact assembly and the cable assembly, a latch disposed at a bottom of the cover for latching to a mating connector, and an un-mating assembly mounted to the cover and...