ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,996, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"High-voltage relay with improved mechanical shock tolerance for a drive or charging circuit of an electric vehicle with a rocker as armature" was invented by Matthias Kroeker (Berlin), Peter Sandeck (Berlin), Harry Koch (Berlin), Bernd Rahn (Berlin) and Fabian Habur (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-voltage relay includes a magnetic drive assembly having a first yoke and a second yoke spaced apart from one another, and an armature driven by the magnetic drive assembly. The armature is a rocker having a first arm and a second arm exten...