ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,324, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Electric contact unit" was invented by Sven Klausner (Dresden, Germany), Tim Vorwerk (Dresden, Germany) and Christian Seiler (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a contact unit (1) for establishing an electrically conducting connection, comprising: a first connecting part (100) including a first electrical contact (121) and a second connecting part (200) including a second electrical contact (221), wherein the first connecting part (100) comprises a first section (101) and a seco...