ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,874, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KK TECHNOLOGIE GMBH & CO KG (Rennerod, Germany).
"Electrical connector installation element with motorized closure mechanism" was invented by Berthold Kalkus (Rennerod, Germany) and Michael Konrad (Driedorf-Hohenroth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary installation element for electrical connectors has a base housing in which at least one electrical plug socket is arranged, and an outer housing which has at least one through opening. A rotatable closure is arranged between the outer housing and the base housing. The installation element also has a drive motor and transmission w...