US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Germany on April 14 for "Plug cover flap hinge for a plug connector and connector assembly comprising such a hinge" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,250, issued on April 14, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"Plug cover flap hinge for a plug connector and connector assembly comprising such a hinge" was invented by Ralf Schwan (Bensheim, Germany), Dominik Heiss (Bensheim, Germany), Mike Iskra (Bensheim, Germany) and Talat Salman (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug cover hinge of a charging connection of an electric vehicle includes a cover or cover flap for selectively covering a socket or plug of the charging connection, and a four-joint hinge. The four-joint hinge defines two flap-side joints attached to the cover flap, and t...