ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,635, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).
"Connecting element and connecting arrangement" was invented by Hans Herzog (Strullendorf, Germany), Norman Huemmer (Ebensfeld, Germany), Michael Jahn (Bad Staffelstein, Germany), Uwe Rausch (Tambach-Dietharz, Germany), Daniel Spindler (Friedrichroda, Germany), Manuel Stoebe (Finsterbergen, Germany) and Jan Stoetzer (Tambach-Dietharz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting element for mechanically connecting at least two components has a closure head for abutment against a first component and having a closure foot for abutme...