ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,411, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Kempten, Germany).

"Device for the automated establishment of a plug-in connection" was invented by Jan Pollmann (Kempten, Germany) and Lukas Hiemer (Altusried, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure shows a device for the automated establishment of a plug-in connection of a plug arranged at a cable to a plug mating element, such as for cabling battery modules, and in the manufacture of vehicles having hybrid and/or electric drives, comprising: a gripper for gripping the plug, a handling unit having a plurality of axes for moving the grippe...