ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,399, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme Gmbh & Co. KG (Luedenscheid, Germany).
"Electrical plug connector" was invented by Thomas Scherer (Luedenscheid, Germany), Josef Fruehauf (Horovice, Czech Republic) and Thomas Drescher (Hueckeswagen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical plug connector includes a plug connector housing and a connecting lever. The connecting lever is rotatable with respect to the plug connector housing between an initial position and an end position. The connecting lever includes a locking element having a first part fixed to the connecting lever and a second part displaceable...