US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on March 3 for "Charge port shield and shielding method" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,273, issued on March 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Charge port shield and shielding method" was invented by Nemer Nemer (Dearborn, Mich.), Patrick J. Reed (Livonia, Mich.) and Martin D. Lopez (Oakland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a charge port shield that couples to a charge port through an interference fit. The charge port shield includes a plug access opening to permit connecting a charger plug to the charge port. A ledge of the charge port shield can project outboard over the plug access opening to shield the charge port."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2023, u...