ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,576, issued on March 24, was assigned to Norma Germany GmbH (Maintal, Germany).
"Plug connector comprising verification element" was invented by Laurent Merlet (Guichen, France), Cedric Gallou (Guichen, France) and Stephane Gaudin (Guichen, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector includes a housing, a locking element and a verification element. The housing has a receiving chamber, a connection piece and a duct through which fluid can flow. The locking element is movable between an open position and a fastening position, a plug can be inserted in the receiving chamber in the open position of the locking element, and a ...