US Patent Issued to Zumtobel Lighting on June 10 for "Contacting element for connecting to a mounting rail" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,965, issued on June 10, was assigned to Zumtobel Lighting GmbH (Dornbirn, Austria).

"Contacting element for connecting to a mounting rail" was invented by Gerald Ladstatter (Dornbirn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contacting element (10, 40) for connecting a luminaire or an electrical unit to a mounting rail has a contact holding body (15, 41) with a plurality of connecting contacts (201, 202, 301, 302), said contact holding body being adjustable between an open position and a contacting position, wherein at least two connecting contacts (201, 202, 301, 302) are arranged adjustably on the contact holding body (15, 41), and...