ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,986, issued on May 27, was assigned to Purem GmbH (Neunkirchen, Germany).

"Electrical supply line connection unit suitable for harsh high heat environmental conditions" was invented by Felix Neumann (Aichwald, Germany), Jan Haenisch (Neuhausen a.d. Fildern, Germany), Christian Schneider (Stuttgart, Germany), Veronique Guerin (Stuttgart, Germany) and Johannes Grupp (Donzdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection unit connects an electrical supply line to a connection element of a heatable exhaust gas system. The connection unit has a housing having a connection element receiving region extending in the direction of a fi...