US Patent Issued to Tyco Electronics France on Nov. 18 for "Electrical connector comprising a connector position assurance element" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,408, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Tyco Electronics France SAS (Pontoise, France).

"Electrical connector comprising a connector position assurance element" was invented by Steven Lord (Pontoise, France), Xavier Rouillard (Pontoise, France) and Quentin Delestre (Pontoise, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector for connecting with a mating electrical connector in a mating direction includes an electrically conductive terminal having an electrical contact, a housing having a plug-in portion insertable into the mating electrical connector along the mating direction, the plug-in portion having a receptacle rece...