ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,654, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Switzerland).

"Terminal covers for terminals of charging inlet assembly" was invented by Matthew Bryan Hitchcock (Hershey, Pa.), Kevin John Peterson (Kernersville, N.C.), Clara Marguerite Rhodes (Winston Salem, N.C.) and Aaron James de Chazal (Rochester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal assembly for a charging inlet assembly includes a terminal cable having a conductor. The terminal assembly includes a terminal having a pin at a mating end and a terminating end opposite the mating end terminated to the conductor at an end of the terminal cable. T...