ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,955, issued on April 29, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Connection arrangement and electronic device" was invented by Martin Gebhardt (Porta Westfalica, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection arrangement for connecting an electrical conductor includes: a housing; a busbar; a clamping spring including a clamping leg transferrable into a clamping position and into a release position; a conductor connection space formed between a section of the busbar and the clamping leg of the clamping spring; a displaceably arranged guide element, which is in operative connection with the clamping leg ...