US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Italia Distribution on May 13 for "Charging socket provided with a dual-functional feature for drainage and fixing functions" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,699, issued on May 13, was assigned to TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l. (Turin, Italy).

"Charging socket provided with a dual-functional feature for drainage and fixing functions" was invented by Fulvio Amerio (Turin, Italy), Demis Spincich (Turin, Italy) and Arianna Spolverato (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging socket includes a housing formed of an electrically insulating material, a cavity in the housing receiving an electrical contact, and a dual-functional element partially protruding from an outer surface of the housing. The dual-functional element has a fixing component and a drainage component. ...