ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,110, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Electrical assembly with locking member for releasably locking a first housing and a second housing" was invented by Oscar Cano Salomo (Tarragona, Spain), Antoni Pujol Simon (Valls, Spain), Joan Ignasi Ferran Palau (Valls, Spain), Kapil Jadhav (Wakad Pune, India), Sainath Shinde (New Nanded, India) and Gerard Vall (Valls, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical assembly may include a first housing unit, a second housing unit, and a locking member. The first housing unit may include a guide portion. The second housing unit may be releasably connectable...