ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,006, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rosenberger Hochfrequenstechnik Gmbh & Co. KG (Fridolfing, Germany).

"Protection device for mechanically protecting a contact element, and measurement method and measurement arrangement for the assembly of an electrical plug-in connector" was invented by Johannes Schmid (Altoetting, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a protection device (8) for mechanically protecting at least one contact element (4, 5) of an electrical plug-in connector (1), having a protective cover (9) for covering an end face (10) of the contact element (4, 5). The protective cover (9) has an ac...