US Patent Issued to PHOENIX CONTACT on May 12 for "Actuation element, connecting assembly, connecting terminal, electronic device, and method for mounting a connecting terminal" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,082, issued on May 12, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Actuation element, connecting assembly, connecting terminal, electronic device, and method for mounting a 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: "An actuating element for actuating a clamping spring of a connection assembly includes: a first body element having a gripping surface for actuating the actuating element; and a second body element having at least one actuating surface for actuating the clamping spring. T...