ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,004, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PRECI-DIP SA (Delemont, Switzerland).

"Piston assembly and spring-loaded contact" was invented by Tanguy Tronel (Delemont, Switzerland) and Didier Guelat (Delemont, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston assembly for a spring-loaded contact, comprising a piston body, arranged to be received into a guiding cylinder of the spring loaded contact, a piston head, with a contacting surface arranged for contacting an external part, a clip arranged to mate with a conductive portion of the spring loaded contact, wherein the piston body comprises a through hole, the clip being arranged into...