US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Solutions on March 4 for "Electrical contact position assurance for electrical connector system" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,096, issued on March 4, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Electrical contact position assurance for electrical connector system" was invented by Galen M. Martin (Mechanicsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector includes a plug housing coupled to a header connector and holding plug contacts mated with corresponding header contacts of a header connector. The plug connector includes an eCPA assembly coupled to the plug housing having an actuator movably coupled to the plug housing between a retracted position and an actuated position. The eCPA includes a plug eCPA terminal coupled to the ac...