ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,172, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH (Espelkamp, Germany).

"Printed circuit board arrangement" was invented by Marc Genau (Lubbecke, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board arrangement is provided having a first printed circuit board with at least two first contact elements fastened thereto and protruding vertically therefrom, a second printed circuit board with at least two second contact elements fastened thereto, protruding vertically therefrom and corresponding to the first contact elements, and a plastics housing which is mounted on the first printed circuit board and in which the...