ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,492, issued on April 21, was assigned to Staubli Electrical Connectors AG (Allschwil, Switzerland).

"Electrical connector" was invented by Tristan Schicklin (Blotzheim, France) and Yannick Nurdin (Walheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector unit having a first housing with a sidewall encompassing an interior space in which at least one electrical contact element is arranged, at least one further housing having a sidewall encompassing an interior space in which at least one electrical contact element is arranged, and a mounting element having openings. The housings have a mounting section via which mounting sections th...