US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Germany on Aug. 5 for "Switching contact assembly for an electrical switching element and electrical switching element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,045, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"Switching contact assembly for an electrical switching element and electrical switching element" was invented by Matthias Kroeker (Berlin), Peter Sandeck (Berlin), Harry Koch (Berlin), Bernd Rahn (Berlin) and Fabian Habur (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching contact assembly for an electrical switching element includes a contact bridge, a base, and a spring assembly. The contact bridge is attached to the base with the spring assembly between the contact bridge and the base. The contact bridge attached to the base is resilient in a d...