ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,835, issued on July 29, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Connectors and connector assembly" was invented by Hua He (Shanghai), Yong (Chris) Wang (Shanghai), Yingchun (David) Wang (Shanghai) and Yong Yang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a shielding member having a shield shell and a shield sheet disposed in the shield shell, an insulator having an end inserted into the shield shell, and a plurality of terminals arranged in the insulator. The shield sheet and the shield shell are formed into an integral piece. The insulator has a slot in which the shield sheet is inserted. ...