ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,982, issued on March 3, was assigned to BJB GmbH & Co. KG (Arnsberg, Germany).
"LED connection element and light guide element" was invented by Philipp Henrici (Arnsberg, Germany), Olaf Baumeister (Sundern, Germany) and Tobias Backer (Welver-Berwicke, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection element electrically connects an LED light module. The LED light module has a printed circuit board with contact springs for the electrical supply of the LED. The connection element includes an annular frame to cover the printed circuit board and to hold it mechanically on an arrangement surface of a counter bearing. A contact arrangem...