US Patent Issued to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH on Sept. 9 for "Plug connection, plug connector, latching means, and method for forming the latching means" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,015, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH (Germany).

"Plug connection, plug connector, latching means, and method for forming the latching means" was invented by Benedikt Steube (Lohne, Germany), Stefan Aporius (Detmold, Germany), Lars Brinkmann (Detmold, Germany), Roman Henze (Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany), Robin Reinke (Detmold, Germany), Willi Lang (Detmold, Germany) and Karsten Krome (Detmold, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical and/or optical plug connection has a first plug connector and a second plug connector which can be fit to the first plug connector and which corresp...