ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,487, issued on April 21, was assigned to LUXSHARE AUTOMOTIVE CONNECTION SYSTEM (SHANGHAI) Co. LTD (Shanghai).

"Connector assembly with reliable locking structure" was invented by Xiaoming Chen (Shanghai), Xingran Tang (Shanghai), Rongxin Shen (Shanghai) and Jiaqiang Luo (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes a connector and a locking structure. The connector includes an insulating body. The insulating body includes at least one mating end portion. The mating end portion defines a first mating space for receiving a conductive terminal. The locking structure is held to the mating end portion. The lockin...