Patents Assigned to Harting Automotive GmbH & Co., KG
  • Patent number: 6776655
    Abstract: A plug connector component, in particular for a coaxial plug or an optical plug connector, comprises a substantially cylindrical housing made of an electrically conductive material and constituting an external contact. The plug connector component further comprises an insulating body provided in the interior of the housing and made of plastics, and at least one latching collar on an outside of the housing. The housing has at least one recess, the latching collar is made of plastics and the latching collar and the insulating body are connected in one piece with each other right through the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Ludger Leve
  • Patent number: 6776669
    Abstract: A battery clamp comprises a contact ring that can be placed on a battery contact of a battery to be connected, a spring ring capable of pressing the contact ring against the battery contact, and a press-on housing capable of pressing the spring ring against the contact ring. There is further proposed a battery which is particularly suitable for being used in combination with such a battery clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Ludger Leve
  • Publication number: 20040014358
    Abstract: A coaxial plug connector comprises fist and second receiving chambers which are surrounded by first and second metal sleeves, respectively. The first metal sleeve is made up of first and second half shells which are placed one on top of the other. The second metal sleeve is inserted in the first half shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ludger Leve
  • Patent number: 6648701
    Abstract: A batter clamp comprises a contact ring which can be placed on a battery contact, and a terminal bolt to which a cable can be screwed. The contact ring is formed from two metal lugs each continuing into an intermediate section in which they extend in parallelism to each other and spaced from each other. Adjacent thereto, the metal lugs continue into a terminal section in which the terminal bolt is arranged. A stiffening lug is provided which starting from the terminal section extends as far as between the two intermediate sections and is connected thereto with the two metal lugs in a fashion resistant to shearing load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bob Mouissie
  • Publication number: 20030154335
    Abstract: An encoding element for an electric module comprises at least one cutting edge which is provided to sever one of a plurality of conductor tracks arranged on a substrate, whereby the electric module is assigned an address. There is also proposed an electric module including such encoding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jens Krause
  • Patent number: 6604865
    Abstract: For optical waveguide connections that can be freely laid for transmitting optical signals, there is proposed, in accordance with the dimensions specified by the MOST Co-operation of the automobile manufacturers, a releasably formed optical plug-in connector for an modular connector system that comprises two casing parts that can be inserted in one another. In this connection, there is inserted in a casing a mounting part that receives optical waveguides provided with ferrules, wherein the ferrules of the optical waveguides are provided with a reference surface. A defined distance for an optimized signal transmission from the end face of the optical waveguides reaches by a stop of said reference surface when assembled with a reference surface of a counterplug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Bruland, Wolfgang Essrich, Graham Tickle
  • Patent number: 6586674
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed housing for power electronics includes a sheet metal tank, and an aluminum cover. The tank has a surrounding edge which is provided with a plurality of bending lugs, and the edge of the cover has a shoulder at which the bending lug rests, so that the cover is pressed against the edge of the tank and a hermetic sealing is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Thomas Heimann
  • Publication number: 20030112587
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed housing for power electronics comprises a tank which is made of metal and has at least one side wall provided with at least one cut-out, and a cover adapted to be fitted to the housing so as to hermetically seal off the housing. The housing further comprises an insulating plate made of plastic and provided with at least one current lead-through. The insulating plate is fastened to the side wall such that the current lead-through projects through the cut-out. A permanently elastic sealing and gluing compound is arranged across a large surface area between the insulating plate and the side wall of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Thomas Heimann
  • Publication number: 20030096532
    Abstract: A plug connector component, in particular for a coaxial plug or an optical plug connector, comprises a substantially cylindrical housing made of an electrically conductive material and constituting an external contact. The plug connector component further comprises an insulating body provided in the interior of the housing and made of plastics, and at least one latching collar on an outside of the housing. The housing has at least one recess, the latching collar is made of plastics and the latching collar and the insulating body are connected in one piece with each other right through the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Ludger Leve
  • Patent number: 6554657
    Abstract: A battery clamp for being connected to a battery contact comprises a connecting lug, a contact ring which is provided with a slot so as to form two opposite clamping ends, and a spring which engages the clamping ends of the contact ring. The battery clamp further comprises a blocking wedge which can be shifted between a contact position in which it releases the clamping ends such that the spring can pull the clamping ends together, a mounting position in which it keeps the clamping ends of the contact ring to be spread apart such that the battery clamp can be placed on the battery contact, and a pull-off position in which it spreads the clamping ends of the contact ring to a larger degree than in the mounting position such that the battery clamp can be pulled off from the battery contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Roland Konersmann, Ludger Leve
  • Patent number: 6554494
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting light waveguides, in which a casing houses a carrier body in which detachable light waveguides provided with fiber end sleeves, optoelectrical components, and also electrical contacts for a connecting plug are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Bruland, Ludger Leve, Jens Krause, Ralf Schöttelndreier
  • Publication number: 20030045150
    Abstract: A socket for a plug connection comprises a socket housing that has a contact chamber in which a plurality of socket contacts is arranged, a protective seal being provided which can be moved between a covering position in which it closes the contact chamber so as to be essentially flush towards outside, and a contact position in which the socket contacts are able to be accessed, the protective seal being able to be transferred from the covering position into the contact position by means of a complementary plug. There is further proposed a plug connection including such socket and a plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Jens Krause
  • Patent number: 6513220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of attaching an electronic identification device having an electronic identification means to a vehicle body, which comprises the following steps: a) prior to at least one of the steps painting and galvanizing the body, the identification device is attached to the body by means of a spacer in such a way that the identification device is spaced away from the body; b) following painting and galvanizing, the identification device is permanently arrested on the body without being detached in the meantime from the body. The invention further relates to an electronic identification device for being attached to a vehicle body by means of the method proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ludger Leve
  • Patent number: 6512190
    Abstract: A disconnector shall be provided which along with a high degree of reliability and little structural effort enables two electric conductors to be separated from each other. To this end, a disconnector is proposed, comprising a housing (10), first and second conductors (14, 16) which extend into the housing (10) and abut against each other at a contact point (18, 20), and an adjusting element (12) adjustable between a starting position and a separating position relative to the first and second conductors (14, 16) and provided with a separating element (22) which when in its separating position separates the first and second conductors (14, 16) from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ludger Leve, Jens Krause
  • Patent number: 6508594
    Abstract: For optical waveguides which may be laid with some freedom, for the transmission of optical signals, a detachable optical plug connector constructed to be of dual gender (comprising two identical plug housings) is proposed, whereof ends of the optical waveguides fixed in fiber end sleeves are held by pressure springs at a constant minimum clearance, with possible axial displacements of the optical waveguides being compensated by correspondingly constructed channels within the plug housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alexander Bruland
  • Publication number: 20020187684
    Abstract: A housing for a plug connector, in particular for an antenna plug connector, comprises a first housing part and a second housing part which each are made of a plastically deformed tube section and are inserted into each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ludger Leve
  • Publication number: 20020160665
    Abstract: A battery clamp comprises a contact ring that can be placed on a battery contact of a battery to be connected, a spring ring capable of pressing the contact ring against the battery contact, and a press-on housing capable of pressing the spring ring against the contact ring. There is further proposed a battery which is particularly suitable for being used in combination with such a battery clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Ludger Leve
  • Publication number: 20020119699
    Abstract: For a plug connector having a plug-in side and a conductor-connecting side for a coaxial cable, it is proposed that an insulating body with an electrical contact element is disposed in a sleeve-shaped plug-in part, the said insulating body having tongues which are spread apart and are separated by slots and which extend from an annular groove to the end of the insulating body, gradations which are forced into the insulation of the electrical middle conductor being provided on the inside of the tongues, and the electrical contact element being held in a centered manner in a receiving bore in the insulating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ludger Leve
  • Publication number: 20020094173
    Abstract: For optical waveguide connections that can be freely laid for transmitting optical signals, there is proposed, in accordance with the dimensions specified by the MOST Co-operation of the automobile manufacturers, a releasably formed optical plug-in connector for an modular connector system that comprises two casing parts that can be inserted in one another. In this connection, there is inserted in a casing a mounting part that receives optical waveguides provided with ferrules, wherein the ferrules of the optical waveguides are provided with a reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Bruland, Wolfgang Essrich, Graham Tickle
  • Patent number: 6416350
    Abstract: For a contact means for conductor foils which comprise at least one conductor path (14), an especially reliable contact for a long period of time shall be guaranteed. To this end the contact means comprises a pressure element (16) which is provided with a projection (24) presenting a continuous pressure surface (25), and a counter pressure element (18) provided with a recess (28) the contour of which is adapted to the shape of the pressure surface, the projection being prestressed elastically against the counter pressure element such that a conductor foil to be contacted is clamped between the pressure surface (25) and the edge of the recess (28). Thus, it is possible to maintain a constant contact force even if the conductor foil eventually yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dietmar Harting, Bob Mouissie, Jens Krause, Thomas Heimann