ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,138, issued on June 30, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Serviceable power inlet connector" was invented by Thomas Mathews (Cortland, Ohio), Don E. Bizon (Boardman, Ohio), William C. Lovitz (Niles, Ohio), Troy A. Iler (Salem, Ohio) and Mark Fredrickson (Rootstown, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power inlet connector assembly configured for use in charging an electrical vehicle includes a housing subassembly containing a plurality of direct current (DC) electrical terminals configured to mate with corresponding direct current electrical terminals of a power outlet connector of an electrical ve...