ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,225, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Connector, printed circuit board mounting the connector, and display apparatus including the same" was invented by Youngmin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaewoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyong Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyukjun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display panel, a printed circuit board defining an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and a through-hole, a plurality of light sources mounted on the upper surface of the printed circuit board...