ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,024, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Stepan Engineering GmbH (Mels, Switzerland).
"LED illumination profile system and connecting technique" was invented by Peter Stepan (Mels, Switzerland) and Thomas Stepan (Maienfeld, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an illumination system (80) comprising at least one conductor-bar-free assembly profile rail (60) for accommodating at least one lighting unit (70) that is insertable into the assembly profile rail (60), and at least one supply connector (50) that is insertable into the assembly profile rail (60). In this case, the assembly profile rail (60) is in ...