ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,619, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Hingeless peel back automotive connector cover" was invented by Angel Jose Francos (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Meirion Buck (Swadlincote, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method include a protection cover configured to cover an automotive connector and to protect a fastening latch mechanism of the automotive connector from paint, particles, humidity and/or liquids."

The patent was filed on Jan. 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/568,990.

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