Patents Assigned to Wieland Electric GmbH
  • Publication number: 20210381682
    Abstract: Luminaire connector for a luminaire strip composed of at least two luminaire elements connected in series and arranged on or in a room ceiling with feed contacts (2) for feeding electrical potential from an electrical building supply network into the luminaire strip, having two electrical connection contacts (5) in such a way that a bulbar (6) electrically supplying the luminaire element assigned to it is connected to each connection contact (5), and with at least one receiving means (15) for a mechanical coupling part (15) bearing the luminaire elements against one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: Volker HENNEMANN, Jürgen WINKLER, Jonathan LÖSEL, Frank BAUER, Anatoli BOLT
  • Patent number: 10862227
    Abstract: In an aspect, a connection adapter is provided for connecting an earthing line to a metal protective hose, where the adapter includes an electrically conductive cylindrical body having an end face with an opening therein for passage of electrical conductors and the earthing line therethrough, and a receiving shoe connected to the end face, which is configured to seat the earthing line. The cylindrical body includes a plurality of inwardly facing tabs and is sized to fit over the metal protective hose. The tabs are configured to contact and slide over the metal protective hose so as to ensure an electrical connection is present between the metal protective hose and the earthing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: Edwin Haas, Dharmesh Patel, Noaman Makki, Steven Hughes
  • Patent number: 10559895
    Abstract: Connection adapter for connecting an earthing line to a metal protective hose comprising a line contact having at least one ring segment resting on the outer sheath of the earthing line and comprising a hose contact having a contact tab resting on the inner sheath of the protective hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Edwin Haas, Dharmesh Patel, Noaman Makki, Steven Hughes
  • Patent number: 9768530
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening an earthing contact to a metallic protective tube. The fastening device includes an annular guide eyelet having an end face, a half-shell-shaped fixed clamping jaw which is integrally molded on the end face, and a loose clamping jaw configured to be clamped to the fixed clamping jaw. In an assembled state, the half-shell-shaped fixed clamping jaw and the loose clamping jaw are configured to clamp the metallic protective tube. The fastening device further includes at least one of the half-shell-shaped fixed clamping jaw and the loose clamping jaw comprising a receptacle-forming clamping jaw having an inner surface that forms a receptacle configured to receive the earthing contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Alex Hadjiharalambous, Stefan Tluczykont
  • Patent number: 9450334
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connection has a plug part with contact pins and a socket part with socket contacts. Coding elements interact in accordance with the lock/key principle in order for the two parts to be fixed in place in a pre-defined relative plug-in position. One or more protrusions, and apertures complementing the protrusions, are provided on the plug or socket parts. On being connected, one protrusion each is incorporated in an aperture, engaging behind the periphery of the associated aperture in the process. The aperture has two adjacent accommodating chambers. A plug-in accommodating-chamber periphery that is directed away from the plug-in direction, is at such a low level that the associated protrusion slides over it in the plug-in direction, and an arresting accommodating-chamber periphery is at such a high level to effectively prevent sliding of the protrusion over the arresting accommodating-chamber periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Edwin Haas, Frank Schwabbauer, Juergen Winkler, Wolfram Hohmann
  • Patent number: 9450314
    Abstract: An electrical contact-making system includes a flat ribbon cable with a sheath which has a planar top sheath face, a core plane containing electrical cores and a bottom sheath face with constricted portions which are parallel to the cores and are each disposed between two of the cores. A tapping collar makes electrical contact with the cores. A peripheral sealing strip encloses a rectangular contact-making region and is disposed on a bottom face of the top part of the tapping collar facing the top sheath face of the flat ribbon cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Meinrad Braun, Thomas Mueller
  • Publication number: 20140235094
    Abstract: An electrical contact-making system includes a flat ribbon cable with a sheath which has a planar top sheath face, a core plane containing electrical cores and a bottom sheath face with constricted portions which are parallel to the cores and are each disposed between two of the cores. A tapping collar makes electrical contact with the cores. A peripheral sealing strip encloses a rectangular contact-making region and is disposed on a bottom face of the top part of the tapping collar facing the top sheath face of the flat ribbon cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: MEINRAD BRAUN, THOMAS MUELLER
  • Patent number: 8764485
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector has a housing for accommodating conductors and a separate adapter part with an outer contour matched to an inner contour of the housing and an inner structure for connecting a sleeve conductor serving to encase the conductors. The adapter part additionally contains measures for accommodating a ground contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hohner, Helmut Schoepplein
  • Patent number: 8376780
    Abstract: An industrial plug connector includes a base part and a plug part which can be mated with the base part. The base part and the plug part each have a contact insert and a metallic housing. A first metallic frame sheet is disposed on the base part and a second metallic frame sheet is disposed on the plug part, in such a way that the two frame sheets at least partially overlap, forming a shield attenuation, when the industrial plug connector is in a mated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dorscht, Dieter Markl
  • Publication number: 20120276762
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector has a housing for accommodating conductors and a separate adapter part with an outer contour matched to an inner contour of the housing and an inner structure for connecting a sleeve conductor serving to encase the conductors. The adapter part additionally contains measures for accommodating a ground contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: MANFRED HOHNER, HELMUT SCHOEPPLEIN
  • Patent number: 8187010
    Abstract: A power supply system for the internal power supply of a supporting mast of a wind power installation is provided in order to assist the work of servicing personnel in the wind power installation. The power supply system includes a power bus line, at least one tap on the power bus line for tapping off an electrical potential, and an electrical appliance connected to the tap. The electrical appliance is both electrically connected and mechanically adapted to the tap. An electrical plug connector is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mueller, Stefan Kadur
  • Publication number: 20110053417
    Abstract: An industrial plug connector includes a base part and a plug part which can be mated with the base part. The base part and the plug part each have a contact insert and a metallic housing. A first metallic frame sheet is disposed on the base part and a second metallic frame sheet is disposed on the plug part, in such a way that the two frame sheets at least partially overlap, forming a shield attenuation, when the industrial plug connector is in a mated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: MARKUS DORSCHT, DIETER MARKL
  • Publication number: 20110039432
    Abstract: A power supply system for the internal power supply of a supporting mast of a wind power installation is provided in order to assist the work of servicing personnel in a wind power installation. The power supply system includes a power bus line, at least one tap on the power bus line for tapping off an electrical potential, and an electrical appliance connected to the tap. The electrical appliance is both electrically connected and mechanically adapted to the tap. An electrical plug connector is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: THOMAS MÜLLER, STEFAN KADUR
  • Patent number: 7607956
    Abstract: A spring-force terminal point for an electrical conductor (8) with a clamping spring (1) and with a busbar (2) such that, in a clamping position, the conductor (8) bears against the busbar (2) under the pressure of the clamping spring (1), a tension lever (11) holding, with a latching cam (12), the clamping spring (1) in an opening position, and the tension lever (11) being capable of being triggered by means of a rotary movement so as to move the clamping spring (1) out of its opening position into its clamping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Lang, Peter Ginschel, Thomas Brotkorb, Christian Süss
  • Publication number: 20090095348
    Abstract: A solar cell has a p-n-junction which is parallel to an irradiated surface, and functional structures which are located on the surface of the solar cell. In a method for producing such a solar cell, a semiconductor material is doped on both sides for forming the p-n junction and the functional structures are disposed a surface of the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventor: WOLFGANG WEGMANN
  • Publication number: 20080083097
    Abstract: A spring-force terminal point for an electrical conductor (8) with a clamping spring (1) and with a busbar (2) such that, in a clamping position, the conductor (8) bears against the busbar (2) under the pressure of the clamping spring (1), a tension lever (11) holding, with a latching cam (12), the clamping spring (1) in an opening position, and the tension lever (11) being capable of being triggered by means of a rotary movement so as to move the clamping spring (1) out of its opening position into its clamping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Lang, Peter Ginschel, Thomas Brotkorb, Christian Suss
  • Patent number: 6962507
    Abstract: A connection system includes a current bar, a contact foot, a clamping element, and a bearing bar with an edge, behind which the clamping element reaches, the contact foot is held at the current bar by a resilient clamp connection for simplifying production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Suess
  • Patent number: 6896545
    Abstract: A jack for a plug-jack combination, having a spark protection sleeve (12) and a jack contact (1) fixed in the spark protection sleeve (12). The jack contact (1) is pretensioned solely by an elastic, reversible deformation of its contact elements in the final, assembled state. The contact elements from a contact part (6) that preferable establishes a press fit fixing the jack contact to the spark protection sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Suess, Roland Kuhn, Markus Dorscht
  • Patent number: 6796830
    Abstract: A screwless connecting terminal, in particular a modular terminal, is described. The terminal has a conductor rail situated in a terminal housing, an insulation-piercing connection connected in an electrically conductive fashion with the conductor rail, and between whose cutting edges, which face one another, an electrical conductor can be contacted that can be introduced into the terminal housing via a housing lead-through. An insulation-piercing contacting of the immovably positioned conductor takes place through a translational movement of the insulation-piercing connection along the conductor rail in a longitudinal direction of the rail. At least one bead is formed in at least one clamp limb of the insulation-piercing connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Süss, Heinz Ungermann
  • Patent number: 6776627
    Abstract: An electrical connector that is intended in particular for mounting in a mounting opening in a housing wall of a light housing is described. For this purpose, the connector has a holding element that is at the same time in the form of a protective-ground conductor contact. The holding element preferably has a holding spring and a contact part which acts as a protective-ground conductor contact and is configured such that the protective-ground contact is mounted and formed automatically by insertion of the connector into the mounting opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Wieland Electric GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Hohner