ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,999, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Liquid-cooled charging connector" was invented by Chuen Chou (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) and Pascal-Andre Fortin (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging connector includes a first electrical socket and a second electrical socket. A first sleeve and a second sleeve are provided, such that the first sleeve is concentrically coupled to the first electrical socket and the second sleeve is concentrically coupled to the second electrical socket. A manifold assembly is adapted to enclose the first and second electrical sockets and the first and second slee...