ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,291, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KLEMSAN ELEKTRIK ELEKTRONIK SAN. VE TIC. A.S. (Izmir, Turkey).

"Spring clamp terminal" was invented by Murat Kalyoncu (Izmir, Turkey), Gurcan Gulsever (Izmir, Turkey) and Serkan Kaba (Izmir, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection terminal for electrically connecting at least two cables includes at least one body; at least one cable socket for allowing the cable to be passed through the said body; at least one bridge for providing the electrical transmission between the cables; at least one spring with at least one pressing arm that exerts a force on the cable to contact the cable with...