US Patent Issued to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. on Oct. 7 for "Plug connector insert and method for the assembly thereof" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,302, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Plug connector insert and method for the assembly thereof" was invented by Norbert Kropiewnicki (Bielefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to facilitate the assembly of a plug connector insert with a contact carrier device, a contact carrier, a retaining plate and one or more actuators, an assembly latch for the pre-assembly of the actuators to the retaining plate is provided."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2022, under Application No. 18/282,497.

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