US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 16 for "Electrical power outlet having flexible cover" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,132, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Electrical power outlet having flexible cover" was invented by Fabiola Benitez (Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico), Ailen Flores (Zinacantepec, Mexico), Silvia Lopez Portela (Mexico City), Maria Alejandra Cobos (Mexico City) and Eduardo Arturo Aguilar Ruelas (Mexico City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical power outlet includes a housing, a faceplate having a plurality of slots configured to receive a plurality of prongs on an electrical plug, a plurality of electrical terminals configured to receive the plurality of prongs to provide elect...