US Patent Issued to LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY (JIANGSU) on June 17 for "Mechanical lock and charging connector with improved locking features" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,682, issued on June 17, was assigned to LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY (JIANGSU) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Mechanical lock and charging connector with improved locking features" was invented by Peiwei Lin (Shanghai), Peiquan Lin (Shanghai), Xingran Tang (Shanghai) and Yunbo Linghu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical lock is used for a charging connector. The charging connector includes a housing and a hook. The hook has an engaging portion and an operating portion. The mechanical lock includes a push rod, a swing lever and a first elastic member. The push rod is slidably arranged on the housing along a first directio...