ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,888, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ODU GmbH & Co. KG (Muehldorf a. Inn, Germany).
"Coil spring and connector with a coil spring" was invented by Stefan Seibuchner (Muehldorf a. Inn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil spring has a longitudinal component located within the coil spring, where the longitudinal component runs generally along the direction of a longitudinal axis of the coil spring and where the longitudinal component is in contact with the coil spring, characterized in that the longitudinal component biases the coil spring into a shape different from its natural shape and/or from the shape into which the co...