US Patent Issued to FCA US on March 31 for "High voltage interlock bypass connector" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,515, issued on March 31, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"High voltage interlock bypass connector" was invented by Huiyang Yu (Shanghai), Jingjing Zhao (Shanghai), Caizhen Sun (Shanghei, China), Cuicui Zhang (Shanghai), Min Yang (Shanghai) and Weisi Gu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage interlock bypass connector for use with a female high voltage connector having an interlock is provided and includes a metal connector pin having a substantially U-shape with a connected end and a pair of terminal ends; and a handle formed around and enclosing the connected end of the connector pin opposite the ...