ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,526, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"Contact pin with a cooling channel system and electrical plug with such a contact pin" was invented by Markus Eckel (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact pin for an electrical plug includes a contact element formed of an electrically conductive material and a contact protection formed of an electrically non-conductive material and at least partially enclosing the contact element. A cooling channel system conducting a cooling fluid is formed in the contact protection. The cooling channel system has a cooling fluid supply an...