ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,960, issued on July 1, was assigned to TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.R.L (Turin, Italy).
"System and method for locking electrical terminals" was invented by Marcello Farinola (Turin, Italy), Cinzia Alferi (Turin, Italy) and Alessandro Genta (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable inlet assembly for an inlet housing includes a cable inlet cover covering an inlet for at least one cable, and a locking element slidable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The locking element includes at least one opening adapted to receive a terminal of the at least one cable, and a first coupling element adapted to be...