US Patent Issued to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 9 for "Electrical connector with terminal retainer and method for manufacturing same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,017, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical connector with terminal retainer and method for manufacturing same" was invented by John Morello (Warren, Ohio), James M. Rainey (Warren, Ohio) and Steven P. Ragalyi (Cortland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes an integrally formed cylindrical housing and a cylindrical spring lock retainer disposed within a cavity in the housing and defining a spring member and a terminal lock. The electrical connector further includes an annular ridge protruding from inner walls of the housing into the cavity and...