ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,379, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Minden, Germany).

"Plug connection including a plug connector and a plug socket" was invented by Timo Manuel Holzkamp (Extertal, Germany), Martin Heggemann (Herford, Germany) and Jan-Philipp Jansen (Hille, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connection including a plug connector and a plug socket for electrically conductively connecting a circuit board. The plug connector has an insulating housing with a conductor insertion opening for guiding an electrical conductor into the insulating housing. A contact insert is received in the insulating housing, wh...