US Patent Issued to PROFIL Verbindungstechnik on Oct. 14 for "Electrical connection element for a form-fitted or welding attachment to a sheet metal part" (British, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,862, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PROFIL Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Friedrichsdorf, Germany).

"Electrical connection element for a form-fitted or welding attachment to a sheet metal part" was invented by Adrian Ellis (Essex, Great Britain) and Richard Humpert (Bad Nauheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connection element for a form-fitted or welding attachment to a sheet metal part and for receiving a cable connection device is characterized by a metallic ring that surrounds a contact region and that closely contacts the contact region by means of a permanent ring stress produced in the ring. The r...