ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,960, issued on June 10, was assigned to Shenzhen Buydeem Technology Co. (Shenzhen, China).

"Power supply socket with vibration touch keys" was invented by George Mohan Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Pengrui Zhong (Shenzhen, China), Shubin Zou (Shenzhen, China), Haixin Wu (Shenzhen, China), Jun Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Chenfa Kang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a power supply socket with vibration touch keys, and relates to a touch power supply socket used on an electric kettle and a coffee pot. The power supply socket comprises a face shell, a bottom cover, a lower connector, a control ci...