ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,421, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH (Waldkraiburg, Germany).
"Connector" was invented by Thomas Hofmann (Tacherting, Germany) and Lukas Hirschstetter (Edling, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a housing insertable into a receptacle of a mating connector so as to form a connection and a connector position assurance (CPA) element which is movable relative to the housing between a pre-latching and a final latching position. The CPA element prevents the connection from becoming released in the final latching position. The connector further includes a retainer with a receptacle in a connect...