ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,510, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Minden, Germany).

"Bus bar piece and clamping spring configuration for a conductor connection terminal" was invented by Rudolf Mastel (Minden, Germany) and Marcel Liebscher (Bad Salzuflen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact insert for a conductor connection terminal having a bus bar piece and a clamping spring having a clamping leg with a clamping edge for connecting an electrical conductor. The clamping edge of the clamping leg and the bus bar piece form a clamping point for the electrical conductor to be connected. At least two lateral webs are ...