ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,079, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"High-voltage connector having a pre-charge resistor" was invented by Amar Sahib (Orion Township, Mich.), Robert J. Heydel (Clawson, Mich.) and William R. Cawthorne (Milford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include a high-voltage connector having a first member electrically connected to a high-voltage source, the first member includes a first positive conductor and a second positive conductor and a first negative conductor and a second negative conductor and a second member electrically connected to a load that requires pre-chargin...