ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,913, issued on March 4, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"Connection device for an electric and/or electronic appliance with an appliance housing, as well as appliance housing assembly and sensor assembly" was invented by Gregor Karrasch (Bensheim, Germany) and Anne Weiss (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection device for an appliance with an appliance housing includes a main body having an appliance-side end, a connection-side end facing away from the appliance-side end, and a conduit extending from the appliance-side end to the connection-side end, a securing element securing ...