ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,144, issued on March 24, was assigned to Preh GmbH (Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, Germany).
"Component for surface soldering installation on a circuit board, associated use and assembly" was invented by Thilo Schultheis (Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a component for the surface soldering installation on a circuit board, comprising: a basic body forming at least one locating surface provided for contact with a surface of the circuit board, or several locating points spanning a plane; two elastic brackets, which are formed on opposing sides of the basic body and respective...