ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,302, issued on July 14, was assigned to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).
"Electric cable connection system" was invented by Norbert Kropiewnicki (Bielefeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to make a cable connection system particularly reliable to operate and compact, an actuator (1) is provided with a rib (123) that is located at an end, guides the actuator along sliding edges (243) of the busbar (2, 2') and actuates a clamping leg (33) of a V-shaped clamping spring (3, 3'). This reduces friction and creates space for a collar (613, 613') of the cable (6) at the cable connection end of the rib...