US Patent Issued to Weidmuller Interface on May 13 for "Arrangement with a support rail and housings strung together thereon" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,975, issued on May 13, was assigned to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).

"Arrangement with a support rail and housings strung together thereon" was invented by Jorg Diekmann (Oerlinghausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support rail on which a plurality of housings equipped with electrical contact elements and/or functional elements, are arranged is mounted onto a mounting base in a mounting position. The support rail is retained by two or more latching devices which are placed in position on the mounting base prior to the support rail being mounted. The latching devices and the support rail are configured such...