ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,843, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Electrical connector having metallic shell with unitary grounding member" was invented by Ming-Ching Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a receiving channel; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel; and a metallic shell secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel, the metallic shell having a unitary ground...