Patents by Inventor Arndt Schafmeister

Arndt Schafmeister has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11316295
    Abstract: A connector part includes: a plurality of hermaphroditic contact elements for contacting associated hermaphroditic contact elements of a mating connector part, each of the plurality of hermaphroditic contact elements having a body, a first contact lug extending from the body along a first direction, and a second contact lug extending from the body along the first direction. The first contact lug and the second contact lug are offset from each other along a second direction that extends transversely to the first direction, and along a third direction that extends transversely to the first direction and transversely to the second direction. The connector part has, for each hermaphroditic contact element, a hermaphroditic contact element mirror-inverted to a first mirror plane spanned by the first direction and the third direction and a hermaphroditic contact element mirror-inverted to a second mirror plane spanned by the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: EPT HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Arndt Schafmeister, Ralf Geske, Georg Brennauer
  • Publication number: 20210408737
    Abstract: A plug connector having a housing that includes at least one receptacle formed on the housing for securing a contact which is designed to contact a contact of a further plug connector that includes at least one shield plate. The shield plate has at least one freely protruding soldering portion which passes through a housing opening, a free end portion of the soldering portion being bent away from the receptacle or being bent in the direction of the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Arndt Schafmeister, Nico Wassel, Alexander Herbst, Kathrin Stelzer, Dimitri Hardt, Ralf Geske, Markus Sonderer, Sven Hergesell, Ralph Habiger, Georg Brennauer, Helge Fritsch, Stefan Frommrich, Ralf Gehle
  • Publication number: 20210376532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector comprising a housing (8) and at least one contact (10) which is held on the housing (8) and which is designed to contact a contact (10) of another plug connector (6), wherein the housing (8) has at least one shaped element (12) for securing at least one shield plate (30, 32). The invention is characterized in that the housing (8) has at least one guide element (14, 16) which is designed to guide and position the plug connector (4) on another plug connector (6) in a form-fitting manner, said guide element (14, 16) being arranged at a distance from the shaped element (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Arndt Schafmeister, Nico Wassel, Alexander Herbst, Kathrin Stelzer, Dimitri Hardt, Ralf Geske, Ralf Gehle, Markus Sonderer, Sven Hergesell, Ralph Habiger, Claus Guglhör
  • Patent number: 11050193
    Abstract: An angled plug connector has an insulating housing made of plastic and a two-part shielding, consisting of a first (upper) shielding sheet and a second (lower) shielding, the shielding sheet being formed in one piece or in one part. The shieldings are at least partially arranged in the interior of the insulating housing. The shieldings can be easily stamped from a metal sheet, cut, then bent and inserted into the insulating housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: EPT HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG :
    Inventors: Georg Brennauer, Nico Wassel, Arndt Schafmeister
  • Publication number: 20210083416
    Abstract: A connector part includes: a plurality of hermaphroditic contact elements for contacting associated hermaphroditic contact elements of a mating connector part, each of the plurality of hermaphroditic contact elements having a body, a first contact lug extending from the body along a first direction, and a second contact lug extending from the body along the first direction. The first contact lug and the second contact lug are offset from each other along a second direction that extends transversely to the first direction, and along a third direction that extends transversely to the first direction and transversely to the second direction. The connector part has, for each hermaphroditic contact element, a hermaphroditic contact element mirror-inverted to a first mirror plane spanned by the first direction and the third direction and a hermaphroditic contact element mirror-inverted to a second mirror plane spanned by the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Arndt Schafmeister, Ralf Geske, Georg Brennauer
  • Publication number: 20200119494
    Abstract: An angled plug connector has an insulating housing made of plastic and a two-part shielding, consisting of a first (upper) shielding sheet and a second (lower) shielding, the shielding sheet being formed in one piece or in one part. The shieldings are at least partially arranged in the interior of the insulating housing. The shieldings can be easily stamped from a metal sheet, cut, then bent and inserted into the insulating housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Georg BRENNAUER, Nico WASSEL, Arndt SCHAFMEISTER
  • Publication number: 20190140375
    Abstract: A plug contact for electrically contacting a circuit board by insertion of the plug contact into a contact hole of the circuit board, the plug contact having two contact legs, which are resilient relative to each other, a connection region, and a connecting region. The connecting region connects the two contact legs to one another and to the connection region. The plug contact is stamped from a flat metal material and is bent. The plug contact enables secure contacting, even in the case of a small material thickness of the flat material, in that the two contact legs each have a first section and a second section adjoining the first section in the insertion direction of the plug contact, and by the two contact legs being bent from the plane of the connecting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arndt SCHAFMEISTER, Ralf GESKE
  • Patent number: 9768551
    Abstract: An electrical plug-type connector has a housing for holding electrical plug elements, and a pulling aid made of an electrically insulating material, which enables the plug-type connector to be pulled apart from a mating connector, and which protrudes from the housing of the plug-type connector in the form of a tab. The pulling aid is provided with an electrically conductive portion which is designed and provided as a screening support for the screening of an electrical lead that is to be connected to the electrical plug-type connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Arndt Schafmeister, Ralf Geske, Ralf Gehle
  • Publication number: 20160226191
    Abstract: An electrical plug-type connector has a housing for holding electrical plug elements, and a pulling aid made of an electrically insulating material, which enables the plug-type connector to be pulled apart from a mating connector, and which protrudes from the housing of the plug-type connector in the form of a tab. The pulling aid is provided with an electrically conductive portion which is designed and provided as a screening support for the screening of an electrical lead that is to be connected to the electrical plug-type connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Arndt SCHAFMEISTER, Ralf Geske, Ralf Gehle
  • Patent number: 8475191
    Abstract: An electric connection terminal includes a housing having at least one conductor insertion opening. A clamping spring is disposed in the housing. A metal part is disposed in the housing. An actuating element is disposed in the housing and has a handle configured to move the actuating element into an open position and a closed position so as to open and close the connection terminal. A labeling field identifying the connection terminal is disposed so as to be visible to a user at all times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Arndt Schafmeister
  • Patent number: 8444443
    Abstract: An electrical connection terminal having a clamping spring, a metal part and a housing accommodating the clamping spring and the metal part and having at least one conductor insertion opening, the clamping spring having a clamping leg, an operating leg and a back connecting the two legs to each other, the clamping leg, together with the metal part, forming a clamping point for a stripped conductor, the clamping spring being pivotably mounted in such a way that the clamping spring is movable from a first (open) position to a second (closed) position. An operating element is pivotably mounted in the housing in such a way that the operating element can be moved from a first position to a second position, and that the clamping spring is pivoted out of its first position to its second position when the operating element is pivoted from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Arndt Schafmeister
  • Patent number: 8439712
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a power cable having a lead assembly which forms electrical connections between wires in the cable and contacts to one side of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact Development & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Wiest, Gottlieb Oyster, Kevin Walker, John Phillip Huss, Jr., Arndt Schafmeister, Sebastian Schäfer
  • Patent number: 8435063
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for forming AC power connections between a DC-to-AC inverter on a solar panel and AC power cable extending to an AC power grid includes a three-contact socket on the inverter and a three-contact electrical connector on the cable. The connector may be joined to the socket in either of two positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact Development & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Wiest, Gottlieb Oyster, Kevin Walker, John Phillip Huss, Jr., Arndt Schafmeister, Sebastian Schafer
  • Publication number: 20120315787
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a power cable having a lead assembly which forms electrical connections between wires in the cable and contacts to one side of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Shane Wiest, Gottlieb Oyster, Kevin Walker, John Phillip Huss, JR., Arndt Schafmeister, Sebastian Schafer
  • Publication number: 20120315783
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for forming AC power connections between a DC-to-AC inverter on a solar panel and AC power cable extending to an AC power grid includes a three-contact socket on the inverter and a three-contact electrical connector on the cable. The connector may be joined to the socket in either of two positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Shane Wiest, Gottlieb Oyster, Kevin Walker, John Phillip Huss, JR., Arndt Schafmeister, Sebastian Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20110223795
    Abstract: An electrical connection terminal having a clamping spring, a metal part and a housing accommodating the clamping spring and the metal part and having at least one conductor insertion opening, the clamping spring having a clamping leg, an operating leg and a back connecting the two legs to each other, the clamping leg, together with the metal part, forming a clamping point for a stripped conductor, the clamping spring being pivotably mounted in such a way that the clamping spring is movable from a first (open) position to a second (closed) position. An operating element is pivotably mounted in the housing in such a way that the operating element can be moved from a first position to a second position, and that the clamping spring is pivoted out of its first position to its second position when the operating element is pivoted from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Arndt Schafmeister
  • Publication number: 20110151699
    Abstract: An electric connection terminal includes a housing having at least one conductor insertion opening. A clamping spring is disposed in the housing. A metal part is disposed in the housing. An actuating element is disposed in the housing and has a handle configured to move the actuating element into an open position and a closed position so as to open and close the connection terminal. A labeling field identifying the connection terminal is disposed so as to be visible to a user at all times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Arndt Schafmeister
  • Patent number: D676813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact Development & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Wiest, Gottlieb Oyster, Kevin Walker, John P. Huss, Jr., Arndt Schafmeister, Sebastian Schafer
  • Patent number: D807293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Arndt Schafmeister
  • Patent number: D826863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Arndt Schafmeister