ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,695, issued on May 19, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Male and female power terminal assembly, female and male power terminals" was invented by Abdelaaziz Elmanfalouti (Elancourt, France) and Sylvain Bossuyt (Boutigny Prouais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male and female power terminal assembly including a male terminal having a male contact portion including an outer contact surface and an inner surface, and a female terminal having a female contact portion including a sleeve and a finger made of an electrically conductive material. The outer contact surface is electrically connected to...