ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,962, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Electric terminal, terminal assembly, connector assembly and method for manufacturing the terminal assembly" was invented by Klaus Lechner (Pretzfeld, Germany), Sagar Kumbhar (Pune, India), Himanshu Kudalkar (Pune, India), Swanand Deshpande (Pune, India) and Pankaj Ingale (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric terminal for an electric connection of a device in a connector-to-counter-connector configuration, including: a device contact terminal end, a counter-connector terminal end, and an intermediate portion between the d...