US Patent Issued to Aptiv Technologies on May 6 for "High voltage electrical terminal with compliant contact insert" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,171, issued on May 6, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"High voltage electrical terminal with compliant contact insert" was invented by Patrick J. Reedy (Youngstown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a generally planar terminal and a U-shaped retainer. The electrical connector also includes a resilient spring disposed intermediate the terminal and the retainer. A contact insert distinct from the resilient spring is disposed intermediate the spring and the terminal. The contact insert defines an array of paired negative and positive protrusions. The spring is configu...