ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,987, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TURCK Holding GmbH (Halver, Germany).
"Connection element and electronic component part with multiple plug-in positions for two-wire technology" was invented by Johannes vom Stein (Huckeswagen, Germany) and Nikolaj Lowen (Wuppertal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection element is disclosed. In an embodiment, the connection element includes a guide element and first and second contact elements arranged at a distance from one another. The guide element at least partially surrounds the contact elements and is configured to guide and receive at least one mating connection element. Th...