ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,679, issued on June 17, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Connection unit, connection arrangement and electronic device" was invented by Bernd Behling (Steinheim, Germany) and Mehmet Sagdic (Detmold, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection unit for connecting at least one connection element includes: a housing; a first contact element; a second contact element arranged on an opposite side to the first contact element, at least one receiving space being formed between the first contact element and the second contact element for clamping the at least one connection element between the first...