ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,989, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cell-monitoring connector for fuel cell" was invented by Jong Jun Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a cell-monitoring connector includes a housing including a lock portion corresponding to a groove portion defined by lock recesses stacked and overlapped in the first direction, wherein the lock recesses are formed in at least one of upper portions or lower portions of terminals protruding in a second direction, the second direction intersecting the first direction toward the ce...