ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,903, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).
"Connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to a flat electrical conductor" was invented by Gerald Busch (Lage, Germany), Peter Stuckmann (Lage, Germany), Ralf Schumacher (Lemgo, Germany), Kurt Hermanns (GroB-Umstadt, Germany) and Thomas Wielsch (Detmold, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to an electrical flat conductor, in particular a busbar, has a flat or substantially flat mounting surface for applying and mounting the connecting element to the circuit board, and...