ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,605, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) and Tyco Electronics Japan G.K. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Connector and connector assembly" was invented by Xinlei (Tony) Li (Shanghai), Fengping (Alex) Xu (Shanghai) and Junya Tsuji (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing of a connector includes a body and a guiding structure. The body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in a length direction. The guiding structure has a guiding groove at the first end of the body and extending perpendicular to the body and a guiding post at the second end of the body. The guiding gr...