ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,230, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LOTES Co. LTD (Keelung, Taiwan).

"Electrical connector" was invented by Chien Chih Ho (Keelung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals and a plurality of solder balls. Each terminal has a flat plate portion and two first soldering portions. A receiving slot is formed between the two first soldering portions. Two second soldering portions extend toward each other from lower ends of the two first soldering portions. Each of end portions of the two second soldering portion facing each other respectively bends toward a direc...