US Patent Issued to Hirschmann Automotive on Sept. 15 for "Safety element and plug connector" (Austrian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,693, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hirschmann Automotive GmbH (Rankweil/Brederis, Austria).

"Safety element and plug connector" was invented by Marco Weiss (Rankweil, Austria), Markus Battisti (Hard, Austria), Jan-Patrick Schulz (Wasserburg, Germany), Raphael Hoor (Feldkrich, Austria) and Jonas Daenicke (Dornbirn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety element for an electrical connector is designed such that it is electrically insulating below a limit temperature (TLimit) and such that it is electrically conductive above the limit temperature (TLimit)."

The patent was filed on April 26, 2022, under Application No. 1...