ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,868, issued on March 25, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).

"Plug-in connector for transmitting data between coupled vehicles, and system and vehicle therewith" was invented by Andelko Glavinic (Sarstedt, Germany) and Andreas Goers (Pattensen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-in connector device for a vehicle for transmitting data includes a first interface for connection to a vehicle and a second interface for connection to a connecting line, wherein the first interface and/or the second interface is/are formed as a connecting element, in particular formed as a plug or a socket, for establishing a conn...