ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,698, issued on March 3, was assigned to ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE (Belberaud, France).

"Electrical connectors configured for positioning on, at, in, or near bodies of automatic swimming pool cleaners" was invented by Remi Deloche (Toulouse, France) and Louis Favie (Colomiers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical connectors for automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs) are described. The connectors may be positioned on, at, in, or near bodies of the APCs and configured to be submerged in water of swimming pools. They additionally may be designed to withstand mechanical pulling stresses when their associated electrical cables a...