ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,494, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"High voltage cover" was invented by Ronnie Wallingford (Copley, Ohio), Nicholas Crane (Macedonia, Ohio) and Scott Angel (Marshallville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage cover may include a plate, legs, L-bends, and a hook. The plate of the high voltage cover may cover an access port leading to high voltage electrical connectors between a power electronics unit and of an electric motor. The hook of the high voltage cover may couple with a plug when the plug is coupled to the power electronics unit. The hook coupling ...