ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,663, issued on June 17, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).
"Electrical contact element" was invented by Alexander Hieber (Herrenberg, Germany), Holger Ritter (Wurmberg, Germany), Ulrich Rosemeyer (Schieder-Schwalenberg, Germany), Fehim Domazet (Calw-Heumaden, Germany), Juergen Sahm (Ammerbuch, Germany), Benjamin Herwanger (Bondorf, Germany) and Henning Steeg (Bondorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integral stamped-rolled electrical contact element, comprising: a terminal portion and an adjoining soldered portion for electrically contacting a contact face by a soldered connection. The solder...