ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,020, issued on April 7, was assigned to Turck Holding GmbH (Halver, Germany).

"Electrical end device, manufacturing method and adjustment method" was invented by Michael Faber (Altena, Germany) and Nikolaj Lowen (Wuppertal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical terminal has a multi-sided housing with a basic element and includes at least two rear sides and a head element. The head element is designed as a detection and/or functional element and includes a detection and/or functional side. A mounting element has a mounting body with at least two side surfaces, a base side and an inner wall, and two rear sides. The mount...