US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Industrial on July 8 for "Coupling half for an electric plug comprising a multi-part, rotatable sleeve, as well as electric plug and method" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,186, issued on July 8, was assigned to TE Connectivity Industrial GmbH (Niederwinkling, Germany).

"Coupling half for an electric plug comprising a multi-part, rotatable sleeve, as well as electric plug and method" was invented by Philipp Moncher (Niederwinkling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the invention relates to a coupling half (1) for an electric plug (2), which is configured for coupling to a further coupling half (3) of the electric plug (1), comprising a housing (4) and comprising a contact carrier (7) for electric contacts, the contact carrier (7) being arranged in the housing (4), and comprising a slee...