ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,465, issued on April 21, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).
"Clamping spring, connecting assembly, and connecting terminal" was invented by Martin Gebhardt (Lage, Germany), Karsten Nolte (Lemgo, Germany) and Olaf Schyrocki (Bad Pyrmont, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping spring for clamping a conductor to be connected against a current bar includes: a retaining leg; a clamping leg movable into an open position and into a clamping position; and a locking leg movable into a retaining position and into a releasing position. In the retaining position, the locking leg is retained on an actua...