ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,830, issued on June 10, was assigned to LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (Xi'An, China).

"Structured connector for interconnecting device components" was invented by Yang Li (Sydney), Ning Song (Sydney), Pei-Chieh Hsiao (Sydney), Zi Ouyang (Sydney) and Alison Joan Lennon (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a structured connector for positioning on, and electrically coupling to, a surface of a device component. The connector has a bottom portion for contacting the surface of the device component and comprises an electrically conductive material. Further the connector has at least one light dive...