US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Solutions on May 13 for "Rear-loaded terminal position assurance device for crimped terminals" (North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,932, issued on May 13, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Rear-loaded terminal position assurance device for crimped terminals" was invented by Hurley Chester Moll (Middletown, Pa.), Clara Rhodes (Winston Salem, N.C.), Kevin John Peterson (Winston Salem, N.C.) and Aaron James de Chazal (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector assembly includes a housing defining a front opening for receiving a mating connector in a mating direction, an electrical terminal arranged within an interior of the housing, and a terminal position assurance (TPA) device received within a rear opening of t...