US Patent Issued to Neutrik on Aug. 25 for "Plug connector having socket with actuating tongue arranged at rearmost end of actuating element" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,209, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Neutrik AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Plug connector having socket with actuating tongue arranged at rearmost end of actuating element" was invented by Oliver Dobler (Tschagguns, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector, in particular a socket, having a housing (1) in which a first insertion opening (2) is formed, at least one contact carrier (15) for at least one electrical contact element (17), and a locking assembly (25, 26) for an inserted complementary connector. A locking arm (25) can be kept out of engagement with the complementary connector by an actuating element (...