ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,019, issued on July 8, was assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH (Waldkraiburg, Germany).
"Plug connector for transmitting optical and electrical signals" was invented by Roland Preis (Aschau am Inn, Germany), Marijela Bajic (Waldkraiburg, Germany), Markus Kaaserer (Rott am Inn, Germany) and Christian Stoemmer (Erding, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector, which can be fastened to a line, for transmitting optical and electrical signals, includes a contact support, two contact fastening regions, a lens fastening region and a locking member. The contact fastening regions are formed in the contact support and are each configu...