ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,671, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Turck Holding GmbH (Halver, Germany).
"Electrical plug connector" was invented by Kevin Kreklow (Freiburg, Germany) and Hermann Schwagmann (Detmold, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical plug connector (10) having contacts (30) on the input side and a housing (20), within which electrical lines (40) and an electrical switch with at least one sensor device (84) and a control device (82) are connected to the contacts (30). The sensor device (84) and the control device (82) are arranged on a common carrier body (70). The carrier body is formed as a circuit carrier, which is made f...