ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,072, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY (Schieder-Schwalenberg, Germany).
"Socket with an actuator for guiding a locking element" was invented by Witalij Knaub (Aerzen, Germany) and Dennis Sprenger (Lemgo, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket includes: a housing; and an actuator detachably mountable or mounted on an outside of the housing for actuating a locking element for locking the socket to a connector in a locking position. The housing includes a passage for guiding the locking element through the housing. The passage penetrates the housing and is arranged within a sealing region of the hou...