Patents by Inventor Karin Foerster

Karin Foerster 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).

  • Electrical plug connector
    Patent number: 6200145
    Abstract: For an electrical plug connector for printed circuit boards, in particular rear-wall plug connectors with a frame-shaped insulating body in which pin-shaped contact elements are disposed in columns and rows, the insulating body being constructed for receiving multi-row spring strips, it is proposed that an adapter, in which a 3-row spring strip can be inserted, be latched into the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Harting KGaA
    Inventors: Dietmar Harting, Günter Pape, Karin Förster
  • Shielded, printed circuit board, plug-in connection
    Patent number: 5564948
    Abstract: A shielded printed circuit board plug-in connection and particularly a multipole socket plug-in connection includes a mating connector having a basic body provided with a conducting coating all around with the exception of the plug-in region and the region where the contact element ends emerge. The contact element ends facing the printed circuit board are covered with metallized caps and provided with conducting, elastic seals between the contacting areas of the caps and the printed circuit board or the basic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Harting Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Harting, Karin Foerster, Guenter Pape
  • Electrical mating connector
    Patent number: 5509823
    Abstract: An electrical mating connector has a basic body of an insulating material with a collar surrounding the plug-in region of the contact elements, the basic body being provided with a conductive coating for the purpose of shielding and that an interposed, elastic, conductive seal is provided for connecting the coating to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Harting Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Harting, Karin Foerster, Guenter Pape