ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,725, issued on April 22, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Contacting device" was invented by Johannes Stadele (Bermatingen, Germany) and Danilo Lind (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contacting device, comprising a U-shaped conductor structure made of an electrically conductive material, and containing a first fastener, a second fastener, and a power rail, and an enclosure encompassing the conductor structure, made of a non-conductive material, wherein the enclosure has a hole at the first fastener, configured to receive a first supply element between the first fastener and th...