ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,968, issued on June 10, was assigned to GONEO GROUP Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Adapter having socket body" was invented by Bin Yu (Zhejiang, China), Lihe Zheng (Zhejiang, China), Huijiu Wang (Zhejiang, China), Han Cheng (Zhejiang, China) and Jingshan Zheng (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter, including a socket body, a guiding body, a movable conducting strip and a control member. The guiding body and the movable conducting strip are both disposed on one side of the socket body facing away from jacks, the control member is connected to the movable conducting strip in a transmission fashion, and is configured ...