US Patent Issued to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES on July 29 for "Self-aligning mate assurance modular docking electrical connector system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,828, issued on July 29, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Self-aligning mate assurance modular docking electrical connector system" was invented by Jeffrey S. Campbell (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Wesley W. Weber (Lapeer, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-aligning mounting systems and methods for an electrical connectors and controllers of an electrified vehicle include a dock member configured to be fixedly attached to a frame of the electrified vehicle and to at least temporarily secure the electrical controller therein and at least one floating electrical connector floatably mateable with ...