ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,515, issued on July 15, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co.KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Holding frame, connector and electronic device" was invented by Thorsten Diessel (Hiddenhausen, Germany), Manuel Tuenker (Doerentrup, Germany), Lukas Brillo (Hoexter, Germany) and Hartmut Schwettmann (Rahden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding frame for a plug connector, for receiving contact inserts, includes: a main frame, which has a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a first end wall, and a second end wall opposite the first end wall, the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall,...