ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,039, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HITACHI ENERGY LTD (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Pre-product, method and electronic device" was invented by Dominik Truessel (Brerngarten, Switzerland), Harald Beyer (Lenzburg, Switzerland), Robert Gade (Birr, Switzerland) and Milad Maleki (Untersiggenthal, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a pre-product is configured for an electronic device intended to be loaded with a maximum current of at least 10 A, and comprises: an electronic component, a plurality of power terminals for external electrical contacting the electronic device, and a slide rail at an end of the at least o...