ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,151, issued on July 21, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).

"Hermetically sealed electrical feed-through having a plug guide component" was invented by Helmut Hartl (Klosterneuburg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical feed-through includes: a feed-through component having an opening; at least one conductor sealed into the opening of the feed-through component in a glass material or a glass ceramic material; and at least one guide component connected to the feed-through component, the at least one guide component including a material that is a plastic."

The patent was filed on March 2, 2023, under Application...