ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,577, issued on July 15, was assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Housing for receiving a communication module" was invented by Moritz Pickhardt (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing has a communication module arranged in a housing body. Electrical contacts are provided under a closure cover of the housing and are electrically connected to electrical components arranged in the housing body. The communication module is placed on the electrical contacts and is fixed in position in a receptacle fixed to the housing body. Contact elements of the communication module are in electrical contact...