ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,705, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Two-part contact element for electrical plug connections and method for producing a contact element of this type" was invented by Wolfgang Geusch (Rahden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical contact element consists of two different parts. A conductor connection part and a contact part are mechanically and electrically connected to one another. The conductor connection part is a stamped-bent part and provided for crimping onto an electrical conductor. The contact part is a turned part produced from solid material and c...