ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,681, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Minden, Germany).

"Circuit board connecting terminal, contact part, and printed circuit board" was invented by Tobias Dyck (Rahden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board connecting terminal for connecting electrical conductors to a printed circuit board, having a contact insert that has a contact part and a clamping spring, wherein an electrical conductor inserted into the circuit board connecting terminal can be clamped against the contact part with the clamping spring. The circuit board connecting terminal has a connection element for joini...