ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,034, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Method for producing a contact element formed at least in sections from a brass alloy, and contact element" was invented by Dennis Fassmann (Hameln, Germany), Timo Kohler (Emtinghausen, Germany) and Dirk Basel (Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a contact element formed at least in sections from a brass alloy, and a contact element formed at least in sections from a brass alloy. In a method for producing a contact element formed at least in sections from a brass alloy, which method permits both pro...