ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,091, issued on May 12, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Electrical connection device" was invented by Veronique Brenca (Pontoise, France), Imad Smirani (Pontoise, France) and Xavier Rouillard (Pontoise, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connection device includes a first jaw and a second jaw facing the first jaw in a closed state. The first jaw has a first insertion surface perpendicular to an insertion direction into a connection casing, a first surface facing the second jaw that is substantially parallel to the insertion direction, and an opposite first surface opposite t...