ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,285, issued on April 21, was assigned to TI AUTOMOTIVE (FULDABRUECK) GMBH (Fuldabrueck, Germany).
"Readable coupling connector and its connection method" was invented by Iris Barthel (Schauenburg, Germany), Kay Bube (Schenklengsfeld, Germany) and Reiner Rohde (Malsfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling connector has a retainer for locking a coupling plug in the connector body. The coupling connector comprises a verifier for indicating a connection state between the coupling connector and the coupling plug. The verifier is movably mounted on the connector body, and indicates the connection state via its position rela...