ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,506, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Mechanical inter-lock fail-safe for high voltage connection" was invented by Paul Lindemann (Howard, Ohio), Zachary Gnabah (Massillon, Ohio) and Jonathan Getz (Mansfield, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A junction box assembly including a housing having an opening for accessing an interior of the housing, a high-voltage connector adjacent the opening, and an access panel mounted to the housing. The access panel is movable between a first position and a second position, the first position restricting access to the opening of the...