ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,669, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HARTING ELECTRIC STIFTUNG & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Power supply system for groups of electrical loads" was invented by Denny Hellige (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany), Walter Gerstl (Breitenfurth bei Wien, Austria) and Albert Ferderer (Espelkamp, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system is provided for groups of electrical loads, wherein a group of loads can be split into at least two segments of the group of loads, such as transportation systems comprising at least two segments of transportation systems, wherein the segments each have a first end region and a second end regi...