ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,131, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Connector with water ingress protection cover" was invented by Jong Hwi Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment connector with a water ingress protection cover includes a female connector including a housing having a pair of guide holes extended along a first direction at both sides thereof and a first body extended from the housing, a male connector, a first cover mounted to an upper part of the female connector to be movable along the pair of guide holes, and a second cover mounted t...