ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,193, issued on May 6, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).
"Connection arrangement, connection clamp and electronic device" was invented by Ralph Hoppmann (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany) and 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 busbar; a clamping spring, which has a retaining leg and a clamping leg, the clamping leg being transferable 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; ...