ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,660, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Connecting device and method for producing a connecting device" was invented by Jens Reiter (Munich), Eugenia Herdt (Munich) and Holger Schlotter (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting device for connecting a printed circuit board to a busbar is provided, having: a printed circuit board and a busbar connecting element which has a base body with a first side for bearing on the busbar, and a second side, situated opposite the first side, for contacting the printed circuit board. The busbar connecting element moreover has at least two ...