ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,563, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Housing for an electrical pass-through" was invented by Chao Fang (Shanghai), Jianwei Guo (Shanghai) and Jiayun Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A electrical pass-through includes a housing and a cap assembly. The housing has a cap lock and a cable opening that extends through the housing and that defines a cable axis. The cable opening has a non-circular cross-sectional shape when viewed perpendicularly relative to the cable axis. The cap assembly has a cap base and a cap catch. A cap opening extends through the cap base and the cable axis extends ...