US Patent Issued to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES on March 25 for "Electrical connector system with miniaturized connector position assurance member" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,395, issued on March 25, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical connector system with miniaturized connector position assurance member" was invented by Rainer Schmidt (Nuremberg, Germany), Paul Wohlfahrt (Mombris, Germany) and Bruno Barth (Furth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector system includes a plug connector and a secondary locking device. The plug connector mates with a corresponding counter connector and includes a plug connector housing having a terminal cavity for receiving an electrical contact terminal. The secondary locking device provides a secondary lo...