ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,842, 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 molded terminal unit and molded conductive plastic member" was invented by Terrance F. Little (Fullerton, Calif.) and Patrick R. Casher (North Aurora, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes: a unitary insulative housing having a tongue and a cavity; two rows of terminals molded in the insulative housing while exposing to two opposite surfaces of the tongue, respectively, each row of terminals including ...