ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,242, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH (Heilbronn, Germany).
"Electrical contact carrier connecting mechanism" was invented by Martin Dorr (Leingarten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a contact carrier for receiving and retaining at least one plug contact, at which a line, cable can be electrically connected, the contact carrier having at least one locking device for fastening the contact carrier within a plug connector housing, the at least one locking device being formed by at least one snap hook, which, when the contact carrier is in the locked position within the plug connector ...