ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,590, issued on May 20, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Contact element" was invented by Rolf Wittmann (Ubstadt-Weiher, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact element for inserting a mating contact element along an insertion direction. The contact element includes an insertion opening for inserting the mating contact element and at least one contact lamella for electrically contacting the mating contact element, and a clamping sleeve that is displaceable along the insertion direction, relative to the at least one contact lamella, between a first position and a second position. The clamping sleeve and...