ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,109, issued on May 12, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany).

"Semi-finished product provided with a window for laser welding for manufacturing an electrical contact element, method for manufacturing an electrical contact element and electrical contact element" was invented by Willi Dietrich (Bensheim, Germany) and Soenke Sachs (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semi-finished product for manufacturing an electrical contact element includes a first workpiece having a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, a second workpiece, and a window extending through the first workpiece. The...