ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,517, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG (Detmold, Germany).
"Plug-in terminal, plug connector and row of plug connectors" was invented by Till Schmitz (Detmold, Germany) and Matthias Bonsch (Bielefeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-in terminal for the connection of one or more conductor ends has a housing made of an electrically non-conductive material. The housing includes at least one insertion opening for a respective conductor end. Each insertion opening extends to a respective housing chamber containing a connection device to which an actuation device is assigned. Each actuation...