ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,019, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Plug connector socket engagement component" was invented by Hongjian (Neil) Ni (Shanghai), Zhaohai (Tim) Xue (Shanghai) and Xinjie (David) Zhang (Kunshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector includes a plug housing having a plurality of side walls forming a cavity, a spacer having a plate shape and dividing the cavity into a pair of halves, a plurality of conductive terminals disposed on opposite sides of the spacer, a connector engagement component, and a pull tab. The connector engagement component has a first engagement port...