ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,898, issued on April 7, was assigned to BJB GmbH & Co. KG (Arnsberg, Germany).
"LED connection element" was invented by Philipp Henrici (Arnsberg, Germany), Olaf Baumeister (Sundern, Germany) and Mark Weber (Arnsberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection element electrically connects an LED light source. The LED light source has a circuit board with contact fields to supply an LED. A frame rests on an arrangement surface of a counter-bearing and holds the circuit board thereon. The frame includes an outer ring and an inner ring. The inner ring is held within the outer ring and overlaid on the circuit board to hold the ...