ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,740, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical connector with cavity plugs" was invented by Sergio Andres Villarreal Gomez (Saltillo, Mexico), Jorge Ivan Escamilla Rodriguez (Saltillo, Mexico), Pedro Yabur Pacheco (Saltillo, Mexico) and Carlos Armando Gonzalez Delgadillo (Saltillo, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed electrical connector includes a seal retainer defining a plurality of wire openings, a compliant mat seal having a plurality of apertures, and a plug. The plug has a base inserted within one of the plurality of wire openings and a cylindrical post extendi...