ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,442, issued on April 15, was assigned to AMPHENOL TUCHEL INDUSTRIAL GMBH (Heilbronn, Germany).

"Contact assembly for plug connections, i.e., charging plugs, comprising a cooling device" was invented by Michael Bertsch (Heilbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a contact assembly for plug connections, i.e., charging plugs, for transmitting electric power, having at least one device for producing an electrically conductive connection and at least one device for cooling purposes, i.e., for dissipating heat produced by the transmission of electric power using the conductive connection, wherein the electric...