ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,818, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle trailer electrical connector having trailer detection" was invented by Enrique Denicia Aguilar (Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico), Jose Uriel Hernandez (Tultitlan, Mexico), J. Elias Ruiz (Atizapan, Mexico) and Cesar Sanchez Razo (Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer electrical connector system for a motor vehicle includes a housing configured to be connected to the motor vehicle, a plurality of electrical connectors each configured to connect to a plug-in trailer connector to provide electrical power to a trailer, ...