US Patent Issued to Tyco Electronics (Suzhou), Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) on May 20 for "Terminal protector, connector and connector assembly" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,554, issued on May 20, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd. (Suzhou, China) and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Terminal protector, connector and connector assembly" was invented by Huaiheng Li (Suzhou, China), Jun Zong (Shanghai) and Tao Dong (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal protector, a connector and a connector assembly are disclosed. the terminal protector has: a side wall; and a base plate connected to the bottom of the side wall and formed with a hole allowing the terminal to pass through. A first elastic cantilever is formed on the side wall of the terminal protector, the fir...