ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,695, issued on March 3, was assigned to HARTING ELECTRIC STIFTUNG & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Plug-in connector module for a modular industrial plug-in connector and method for producing such a plug-in connector module" was invented by Thorsten Meyer (Brokum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-in connector module for a modular industrial plug-in connector is provided, wherein the plug-in connector module has a housing with a housing surface, wherein the housing consists substantially of plastic, wherein the plug-in connector module has at least one electrical contact element, wherein the housing has at least one contac...