US Patent Issued to Lear on Aug. 11 for "Connector position assurance for an electrical connector" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,410, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Connector position assurance for an electrical connector" was invented by Jiayun Chen (Shanghai), Jianwei Guo (Shanghai) and Chao Fang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a housing that is adapted to mate with a corresponding electrical connector. A connector latch is attached to the housing and is adapted to retain the housing in a mounted position on the corresponding connector. A connector position assurance is also attached to the connector latch. The connector position assurance is movable from a pre-lock position to an...