ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,583, issued on May 20, was assigned to KINSUN INDUSTRIES INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Joint and connector including the same" was invented by Ching-Neng Kan (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yihung Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Li-Chin Yang (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Ching-Huang Lu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint and a connector including the same are provided, and the joint including: a seat body, a movable member, an elastic cushioning member and a sleeve member. The seat body includes a moving space and a barrel defining the moving space, and the barrel is insulated and having a radial cross-section contour which is round. The movable ...