US Patent Issued to Auto-Kabel Management on April 21 for "Module connector and contact protection element" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,463, issued on April 21, was assigned to Auto-Kabel Management GmbH (Hausen i.W., Germany).

"Module connector and contact protection element" was invented by Andre Wilken (Kleines Wiesental, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connector, in particular module connector, in particular battery module connector, in particular for vehicles with an electric drive, comprising a first connecting element which can be electrically conductively connected to a second connecting element, the first connecting element having a socket with an axially extending shaft with a through-opening and a radially extending collar, and wherein a screw elem...