ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,777, issued on June 17, was assigned to GKF Invest GmbH (Ransbach-Baumbach, Germany).

"Bowden cable coupling for releasably coupling a first Bowden cable to a second Bowden cable" was invented by Gregor Horacek (Ransbach-Baumbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Bowden cable coupling for releasably coupling a first Bowden cable to a second Bowden cable is configured and operable to transmit mechanical forces from an activation element to a functional element. The Bowden cable coupling has a first coupling unit which is connected to the first Bowden cable, a second coupling unit which is connected to the second Bowden cable, ...