US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Germany on Aug. 25 for "Heatable charging socket" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,322, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"Heatable charging socket" was invented by Mike Iskra (Bensheim, Germany), Ralf Schwan (Bensheim, Germany) and Dominik Heiss (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging socket of an electric or hybrid vehicle is adapted to connect to a charging plug. The charging socket comprises a socket wall, and at least one heating module shaft extending into the socket wall and adapted to receive a heating module."

The patent was filed on July 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/360,044.

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