ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,697, issued on June 17, was assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH (Waldkraiburg, Germany).
"Soldering aid, assembly, and method for securing a stranded core on a contact surface of a printed circuit board" was invented by Dimitri Mannhold (Muehldorf a. Inn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soldering aid for securing a stranded core of a cable on an electrical contact surface of a printed circuit board includes an outer part having a receptacle and a bearing surface, and an inner part that is displaceably received inside the receptacle of the outer part. The inner part has an access opening through which the contact surface is access...