ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,310, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to WISTRON NEWEB CORP. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electronic device and socket module and metal shielding frame thereof" was invented by Chih-Chun Liu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Wei-Jie Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Jyun-Kai Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chun-Yu Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal shielding frame is provided. The metal shielding frame is adapted to be disposed in a socket, wherein the socket is adapted to be electrically connected to a connector. The metal shielding frame includes a sleeve-shaped frame body and at least one ground hemming portion. The sleeve-shaped frame body incl...