ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,439, issued on March 25, was assigned to Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH (Vilsbiburg, Germany).

"Voltage tap for measuring a voltage" was invented by Michael Steckel (Vilsbiburg, Germany), Guido Hofer (Weng, Germany), Maximilian Baches (Taufkirchen, Germany) and Hendrik Mueller (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage tap for measuring a voltage includes at least one contact region and one abutment surface. Using the abutment surface, the voltage tap is electrically connectable to a contact surface of an electrical circuit board. The abutment surface comprises an enlarged surface with respect to the contact surface of th...