ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,318, issued on July 14, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).
"Screw for a touch-proof plug connection" was invented by Ron Buchholz (Bensheim, Germany), Manuel Eheim (Bensheim, Germany), Alexander Weber (Bensheim, Germany), Marcus Wolf (Bensheim, Germany), Bjoern Hoffmann (Bensheim, Germany) and Patrick Distler (Bensheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw for a touch-proof plug connection includes a screw body and a touch protection device. The screw body has a screw head and a screw shank extending from the screw head along a screw-in direction to a screw tip. The screw tip has a connecting ...