US Patent Issued to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. on March 18 for "Protective cap for high-current plug connector" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,416, issued on March 18, was assigned to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Protective cap for high-current plug connector" was invented by Ensign Wen (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective cap (4, 4') for an electrical high-current plug connector (1) is substantially box-shaped and has at least one open side (5). The protective cap (4) has a gripping element (8) for fixing the protective cap (4, 4') to a connection region (3, 3', 3") of the high-current plug connector (1), which is provided for connecting an electrical conductor. The gripping element (8) extends into the open side (5). The...