US Patent Issued to HARTING ELECTRIC STIFTUNG & Co. on March 17 for "Locking mechanism for a high-current electrical connector" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,345, issued on March 17, was assigned to HARTING ELECTRIC STIFTUNG & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Locking mechanism for a high-current electrical connector" was invented by Norbert Kropiewnicki (Bielefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector socket is provided, which has a locking device with which an electrical connector can be locked to the electrical connector socket when plugged in, wherein the locking device is arranged at least partly inside the electrical connector socket and protrudes at least partly from the electrical connector socket on the plug-in side. The electrical connector is provided for...