ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,731, issued on July 29, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Connector assembly" was invented by Ming-Huei Kao (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the present invention is a connector assembly, including a guide shielding cover; a side cover plate; and a light guide piece. The guide shielding cover has a top wall and a side wall, and the side wall has an opening. The side cover plate is assembled on the side wall and shields the opening, and the side cover plate has a first mounting portion. The light guide piece has a second mounting portion matched with and assembled on the first mounting portion. T...