ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,309, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China) and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Electrical connector with improved inserting member" was invented by Xun Wu (Kunshan, China), Ming-Yi Gong (Kunshan, China), Tian Yang (Kunshan, China), Hung-Chi Yu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Wen-Lung Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Min-Hsuan Tsai (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Guo-Xiang Niu (Huaian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing defining a mating face, a card slot, and two side walls at opposite sides of the card sl...