ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,973, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Member for interconnecting electrically a printed circuit board and at least one piece of electrical equipment, and connecting method" was invented by Jean-Claude Surbon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically interconnecting member configured to electrically join a printed circuit board belonging to a mechanical part to a piece of electrical equipment. The printed circuit board comprising output tracks. The electrically interconnecting member comprising: a contact surface configured to be fastened to the mechanical part, a free surface opposit...