ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,853, issued on June 9, was assigned to HARTING ELECTRIC STIFTUNG & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).
"Plug connector having a bridging function" was invented by Markus Wittpahl (Hullhorst, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector is provided having a plug-in side, a connection side, and a plug-in direction, which extends from the connection side to the plug-in side, towards a mating connector or a socket, the plug connector having a contact insert and at least four contact elements, the contact elements being positioned in the contact insert in dedicated receiving regions, the plug connector having at least two bridging elem...