ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,500, issued on May 12, was assigned to Ark Corporation Pty Ltd (Arndell Park, Australia).
"Trailer connector" was invented by Richard Arakelian (Arndell Park, Australia), Shojaeddin Mirfendereski (Arndell Park, Australia) and Hsuan-chi Kuo (Arndell Park, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a vehicle mounted device (1) for connecting the electrical circuit of a towing vehicle to the electrical circuit of a towed vehicle. The device includes a body (2), a towed-side connector, and a towing side connector (3). The device is configured to receive input signals corresponding to the lights of the towing vehicle and to...