US Patent Issued to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES on Nov. 18 for "Electrical connector with comb-type terminal lock" (Mexican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,422, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical connector with comb-type terminal lock" was invented by Eduardo Daniel Alvarez Valdes (Saltillo, Mexico), Duane Brantingham (Cortland, Ohio), Arturo Casares Valdes (Saltillo, Mexico) and Roberto Carlos Narro Lara (Saltillo, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a connector housing having terminal cavities which are arranged in an array having at least two rows and at least two columns. Each of the terminal cavities are configured to receive electrical terminals. Each terminal cavity defines a flexibl...