ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,414, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG (Detmold, Germany).
"Plug connector" was invented by Till Schmitz (Detmold, Germany) and Peter Stuckmann (Lage, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug connector has a housing made of an electrically non-conductive material such as a plastic which has a front side and a rear side. The housing has at least two insertion openings for conductor ends. The first and second insertion openings are in connection with respective first and second housing chambers. The first and second housing chambers have respective first and second connection devices. The housin...