ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,098, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Connector with easy-to-unlock groove structure" was invented by Xiaoxian Tian (Shanghai), Haifei Guan (Shanghai) and Yingquan Jing (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector and a connector assembly are provided. The connector includes a housing and a locking/unlocking mechanism arranged on the housing that is configured to lock and unlock a connection between the connector and a mating connector. The locking/unlocking mechanism includes a cantilever structure arranged on a top surface of the housing and having a fixed end and a free...