US Patent Issued to Aptiv Technologies on Sept. 16 for "Primary lock reinforcement for connector locking system with resilient and rigid locking surfaces" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,131, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Primary lock reinforcement for connector locking system with resilient and rigid locking surfaces" was invented by Jack Farrell (Streetsboro, Ohio), Siddhan Manickam (Salem, India) and Dineshkumar Manoharan (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes a connector body having a terminal cavity and a cantilevered resilient primary terminal locking arm configured to secure a terminal. The terminal defines a terminal release ramp and a locking ridge. The connector assembly also includes a primary lock reinforcemen...