ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,839, issued on July 29, was assigned to BJB GmbH & Co. KG (Arnsberg, Germany).
"Two-piece LED connection element" was invented by Philipp Henrici (Arnsberg, Germany), Olaf Baumeister (Sundern, Germany) and Mark Weber (Arnsberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection element establishes an electrical connection of an LED light module. The LED light module includes a circuit board which is provided with contact pads for the electrical supply of the LED. A substantially ring-shaped frame is designed to overlap the circuit board and to hold it mechanically to a mounting surface of a counter bearing. An outer ring and an inne...