ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,677, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Minden, Germany).

"Conductor connecting module having a contact element for soldering on a printed circuit board" was invented by Fabian Wenig (Artern, Germany) and Jens Froebing (Gotha, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductor connecting module including an insulating housing and a contact insert arranged in the insulating housing. The contact insert having a busbar and a clamping spring. A contact element having a solder connection contact surface is arranged on the busbar and the solder connection contact surface is able to be soldered on a print...