US Patent Issued to Cochlear on Sept. 8 for "Electrical connector with multiple seals inhibiting liquid ingress" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,941, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Electrical connector with multiple seals inhibiting liquid ingress" was invented by Eddie Sze Chuen Chan (Macquarie University, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first element and a second element configured to be repeatedly mechanically coupled to and decoupled from one another, a first seal between the first element and the second element, and a second seal between the first element and the second element. The first seal is configured to inhibit moisture ingress from an environment surrounding the first and secon...