ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,990, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd. (Suzhou, China) and Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Connector, used in printed circuit board, comprises a body, metal-made contacts, a shield cover, a tubular portion, contact portions, a fitting portion, mounting terminals, circuit board, and contact pieces" was invented by Jianlin Huang (Suzhou, China), Feng (Carlos) Pan (Suzhou, China) and Weiguo (Vic) Sun (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector comprises a housing, a shield arranged within the housing and a first signal terminal. The shield includes a firs...