ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,780, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Advanced Connectek Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Electro mechanical or electrical connector for use in electric vehicle" was invented by Yu Feng Ke (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Sheng-Hsiang Huang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro mechanical or electrical connector for use in an electric vehicle including a plug body, a sealing ring, a locking member, and a cable is provided. The plug body has an inner wall and at least one locking recess on the inner wall. The sealing ring and the locking member are respectively disposed on the inner wall. The locking member has at least one...