ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,621, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Electrical connector having a middle grounding member abutted by outermost ground contacts of first and second rows of contacts" was invented by Jun Zhao (Huaian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a front tongue with opposite first and second surfaces; first and second rows of contacts molded with the insulative housing and having respective contacting portions exposed to the first surface of th...