ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,244, issued on July 29, was assigned to TCC RFTECH Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Communication device of maintaining signal transmission between external devices" was invented by Yu-Kuang Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device includes a case, a cover, a signal processing module and a signal switching module. The cover whereon the signal processing module is disposed is detachably assembled with the case. The signal switching module is disposed on the case and includes a connection component and a conductive component. The connection element includes a switching element, a chamber, a device p...