ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,954, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DELLNER COUPLERS AB (Falun, Sweden).

"Electrical coupler for a first car of a multi-car vehicle" was invented by Robin Sundberg (Falun, Sweden), Anders Westman (Falun, Sweden) and Ivana Radic (Borlange, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical coupler comprising a housing with an end opening, an insulation block arranged in the end opening, a lid having an open position and a closed position, an arm attached to the lid and to the housing, whereby attachment of the arm to the housing allows a rotation of the arm relative to the housing around a rotational axis, and optionally a seri...