ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,393, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Hybrid electric charging inlet" was invented by Don E. Bizon (Boardman, Ohio), Thomas Mathews (Cortland, Ohio), Mark Fredrickson (Rootstown, Ohio), John Pechatsko (Kent, Ohio) and Boris Borin (Pepper Pike, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly includes a connector housing defining a cavity and an opening providing access to the cavity, first and second direct current (DC) terminals disposed within the cavity, and first and second busbars electrically and mechanically attached directly to the first and second DC t...