ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,010, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to igu (Cologne, Germany).
"Device for supplying a consumer" was invented by Sean McCaskill (Charlotte, N.C.), Robb Duff (Ruppichteroth, Germany) and Martin Tiling (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (1) is configured to supply a consumer, the position of which initially cannot be exactly determined but later can be substantially stationarily fixed, with energy from a stationary supplier. The device includes a movable carriage or slide (2) connected to an arm (3). The arm (3) is movable between first and second positions (7, 8) and includes at least one plug part (4) for con...