ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,040, issued on May 27, was assigned to Staubli Electrical Connectors AG (Allschwil, Switzerland).
"Socket body" was invented by Lars Bolliger (Allschwil, Switzerland) and Patrick Beltzer (Jettingen, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket body (1) having a socket space (3), which is delimited by a socket wall (2) and extends along a central axis (M), for receiving a plug pin, the socket space (3) having a socket opening (6) via which the plug pin can be pushed into the socket space (3), wherein at least one indentation (4), viewed in cross-section transversely to the central axis (M), extends through the socket wall (2) angula...