ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,806, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hirschmann Automotive GmbH (Rankweil/Brederis, Austria).

"Plug connector with screw connection" was invented by Kurt Ellensohn (Goetzis, Austria), Alexander Schmid (Rankweil, Austria), Markus Battisti (Hard, Austria), Jan-Patrick Schulz (Bodolz, Germany) and Jonas Daenicke (Dornbirn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-in connection comprises a plug-in connector (1) and a mating plug-in connector that can be plugged together with the latter. The plug-in connector (1) has a housing (2) into which an electrical conductor (3) is inserted. The electrical conductor (3) is electrically co...