ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,575, issued on April 7, was assigned to TDK ELECTRONICS AG (Munich).

"Housing for electromechanical component" was invented by Robert Hoffmann (Berlin) and Robert Minkwitz (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In embodiments a housing includes a first housing component and a second housing, the second housing component having a first guide groove, wherein the first housing component comprises a first complementary element, and wherein the first complementary element and the first guide groove are designed such that the housing components are connectable to form the housing by sliding one inside the other along a guide direction."

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