ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,564, issued on July 8, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Power distribution assembly" was invented by Mohammed Michael Baydoun (Dearborn Heights, Mich.) and Leena Shah (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power distribution assembly that has a cover which selectively seals over an opening in a housing of the power distribution assembly, a locking assembly for securing the cover in a secured position, and a closure detection switch that provides notification when the cover is open. A readable media may be included on the cover to provide an indication of complete closure of the cover o...