ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,030, issued on May 19, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Locking device driven by an electric motor" was invented by Benjamin Djedovic (Oberhausen, Germany) and Tanja Schwinning (Velbert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking device for a plug connector half, whereby the locking device is driven by an electric motor, for establishing an electrical connection to another plug connector half in order to charge an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle by plugging the other plug connector half into the plug connector half. The locking device comprises a movable locking pin for locking the other plug connector h...