ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,335, issued on July 14, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH (Schieder-Schwalenberg, Germany).
"Temperature detection device for a plug connector part" was invented by Ralf Feldner (Hornbad Meinberg, Germany) and Cedric Deppe (Doerentrup, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature detection device for a plug connector part includes: a latching element mountable on a contact element of the plug connector part; and at least one temperature sensor. The latching element is made of metal. The at least one temperature sensor is fastened to the latching element by a sensor mount."
The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2021...