ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,475, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Assembly unit having a circuit unit electrically connected to a higher-level switching system, and method for disconnecting the circuit unit from the switching system" was invented by Klaus Wessling (Bueckeburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention relates to an assembly unit having an electronic circuit unit which is accommodated in a housing, can be electrically connected to a higher-level switching system for signal and power supply purposes and comprises a signal processing unit for controlling consume...