US Patent Issued to Aptiv Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Vibration resistant connector system with mating assistance feature" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,689, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Vibration resistant connector system with mating assistance feature" was invented by Patrick J. Reedy (Youngstown, Ohio), Don E. Bizon (Youngstown, Ohio), William C. Lovitz (Niles, Ohio) and Nicholas A. Durse (Youngstown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An connector assembly includes a connector header configured to be attached to a mounting substrate by a first mounting stud extending through a first aperture defined by the connector header, a connector configured to mate and unmate with the connector header and having a mating assist l...