ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,021, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ROSENBERGER ASIA PACIFIC ELECTRONIC Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Adapter" was invented by Hao Yan (Beijing), Yongmei Tu (Beijing) and Fei Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter includes a connector main body, a housing, elastic members, a locking member and an elastic clamping member, wherein the connector main body includes an outer conductor, an inner conductor and an insulator; the housing is arranged on the connector main body in a sleeved manner; a limiting space is formed between the housing and the connector main body; one end of the locking member is movably limited in the limit...