ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,653, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Pull strap connector and assembly thereof with improved locking features" was invented by Rongzhe Guo (Dongguan, China), Yiheng Lin (Dongguan, China), Hongji Chen (Dongguan, China) and Yang Xu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pull strap connector includes an insulating housing, a number of conductive terminals, a movable element, an elastic member, and a pull strap. The insulating housing includes a main body and a tongue plate. The main body includes a first end wall and a second end wall. The movable element includ...