US Patent Issued to Mettler-Toledo on July 21 for "Connector element for a connector system for providing releasable electrical connection between components of a chain transmitting electrical signals" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,144, issued on July 21, was assigned to Mettler-Toledo GmbH (Greifensee, Switzerland).

"Connector element for a connector system for providing releasable electrical connection between components of a chain transmitting electrical signals" was invented by Thierry Oppliger (Greifensee, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector element for a connector system includes four contact members for making electric contact on a front side of the connector element, and a contact member carrier. The contact members extend in an axial direction on a circumferentially extending contact surface of the contact member carrier. The contact...