ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,402, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TE Connectivity Austria GmbH (Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria).

"Electric device comprising a sealed housing having a lower housing part and an upper housing part" was invented by Markus Gutmann (Vienna), Guenther Deimling (Vienna) and Bernd Wesely (Vienna).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric device includes an electric component and a housing having a lower housing part and an upper housing part. The electric component is supported on the lower housing part. The lower housing part and the upper housing part surround a housing volume in which the electric component is sealingly encased....