ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,953, issued on April 29, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Connection assembly, connector, and connector assembly" was invented by Yuchen Yang (Shanghai) and Xiao (Nichee) Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection assembly, a connector and a connector assembly are disclosed. The connection assembly is used to connect a high-voltage cable and comprises: a threaded fastener for fixedly connecting the high-voltage cable to a mating connection part, the threaded fastener comprising an insulation member; and a conductive plug connected with the insulation member to allow the threaded fastene...