ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,098, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Connector for connecting a line to a printed circuit board, housing having such a connector, and assembly comprising a printed circuit board and such a housing" was invented by Sascha Dienwiebel (Lippstadt, Germany), Steffen Hoppe (Lippstadt, Germany), Andreas Kupezki (Lippstadt, Germany), Stefan Peters (Lippstadt, Germany) and Eckart Wirries (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector connecting a line to a printed circuit board. The connector has a section of the line that has a first end, has a connection element that is joined to...