US Patent Issued to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR, FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY on Dec. 16 for "Card edge connector with an improved metal shell" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,381, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Card edge connector with an improved metal shell" was invented by Po-Fu Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Kuo-Chun Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Ta-Lung Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ming-Xiang Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card edge connector includes: an insulating housing defining a card slot opening forwards through a front face thereof; plural terminals retained in the insulating housing and including contacting portions extending into the...