ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,308, issued on June 24, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Connection terminal and connector" was invented by Jianxiong Li (Shanghai), Haomai Yin (Shanghai) and Shiyang Tan (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection terminal and a connector are disclosed. The connection terminal has a terminal body, at least part of which is installed in a housing of a connector; and a first connection part arranged at one end of the terminal body and extending outside the housing to electrically connect with a bus bar. The first connection part has a plurality of side surfaces, and any one of the adjace...