ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,356, issued on April 8, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH (Schieder-Schwalenberg, Germany).
"Plug connector" was invented by Thomas Fuehrer (Blomberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector for charging an electric vehicle includes: a housing, which delimits a housing interior chamber; a cable, which is led through an opening in the housing into the housing interior chamber; and a seal, which seals the housing interior chamber between the cable and the housing. The seal has a sealing lip enclosing the cable and contacting the cable. The seal has a sealing ridge enclosing the cable and contacting the hou...