Patents by Inventor Michael Joist
Michael Joist 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).
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Patent number: 6916190Abstract: A plug-in module to be plugged in and/or pulled out of a module rack provided with at least one front stop edge, comprising a lever pull with handle arm and lever arm which is positioned pivoting in the frontal region of the plug-in module. A locking lever is attached articulated and such that it can rotate to the handle arm of lever pull. The locking lever turns an elastic locking tab. A corresponding locking profile is arranged in the frontal region of the plug-in module, wherein the locking tab engages behind the locking profile if the lever pull is pivoted out completely and thus prevents the lever pull from pivoting.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventor: Michael Joist
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Patent number: 6915562Abstract: A device for the insertion and extraction of a plug-in module into a module frame which has at least one front module bar, contains a swivel-mounted lever which is located in the front area of the plug-in module and whose short lever arm has at least one lever cam and a push-off nose and a pressure piece which is fastened to the module bar. The pressure piece absorbs the forces transferred from the lever, whereby the pressure piece has at least one recess, in which the lever cam of the lever reaches into during the insertion of the plug-in module. Furthermore the pressure piece has at least one push-off shoulder against which the push-off nose of the lever pushes off during the extraction of the plug-in module.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Michael Joist, Volker Haag, Paul Mazura, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Hans-Jorg Weiler
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Patent number: 6865092Abstract: A front part (3) for electro-magnetically screened-off modules (2) that are inserted into module chassis', the front part has a front panel (5) that has a longitudinal groove (7a, 7b) on each of its two narrow edges (6a, 6b). Two mounted side parts (8a, 8b) that have a L-shaped profile are arranged in such a way that the one L-leg (9a, 9b) reaches into one of the longitudinal grooves (7a, 7b) of the front panel (5), and the other L-leg (10a, 10b) can be designed as sealing body for the acceptance of a HF-seal or as contact surface (12).Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Michael Joist, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Hans-Jorg Weiler
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Publication number: 20050014403Abstract: A plug-in module to be plugged in and/or pulled out of a module rack provided with at least one front stop edge, comprising a lever pull with handle arm and lever arm which is positioned pivoting in the frontal region of the plug-in module. A locking lever is attached articulated and such that it can rotate to the handle arm of lever pull. The locking lever turns an elastic locking tab. A corresponding locking profile is arranged in the frontal region of the plug-in module, wherein the locking tab engages behind the locking profile if the lever pull is pivoted out completely and thus prevents the lever pull from pivoting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Applicant: SCHROFF GmbHInventor: Michael Joist
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Publication number: 20040192095Abstract: A plug-in module for the insertion into and extraction from a module frame that has at least one frontal structural bar, including a circuit board, a switch for the active-passive switching of the plug-in module and a swivel-mounted lever/pull handle with a gripper arm located in the frontal area of the plug-in module. The gripping arm of the lever/pull handle has a rotatably connected control lever with a stepping pawl by which the switch can be operated during a completely inserted plug-in module. The stepping pawl of the control lever can have a locking nose that can lock behind a locking edge in the front area of the plug-in module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: Schroff GmbHInventor: Michael Joist
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Publication number: 20030172523Abstract: A device for the insertion and extraction of a plug-in module into a module frame which has at least one front module bar, contains a swivel-mounted lever which is located in the front area of the plug-in module and whose short lever arm has at least one lever cam and a push-off nose and a pressure piece which is fastened to the module bar. The pressure piece absorbs the forces transferred from the lever, whereby the pressure piece has at least one recess, in which the lever cam of the lever reaches into during the insertion of the plug-in module. Furthermore the pressure piece has at least one push-off shoulder against which the push-off nose of the lever pushes off during the extraction of the plug-in module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Michael Joist, Volker Haag, Paul Mazura, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Hans-Jorg Weiler
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Publication number: 20030039104Abstract: A front part (3) for electro-magnetically screened-off modules (2) that are inserted into module chassis', the front part has a front panel (5) that has a longitudinal groove (7a, 7b) on each of its two narrow edges (6a, 6b). Two mounted side parts (8a, 8b) that have a L-shaped profile are arranged in such a way that the one L-leg (9a, 9b) reaches into one of the longitudinal grooves (7a, 7b) of the front panel (5), and the other L-leg (10a, 10b) can be designed as sealing body for the acceptance of a HF-seal or as contact surface (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Michael Joist, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Hans-Jorg Weiler
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Patent number: 6447082Abstract: The invention relates to a subrack (1) for industrial electronics. The front and/or rear edge of a cover sheet (4) and that of a base sheet (6) are formed by edge-folding for fixing a specially configured angular strip (12). This enables known module rails to be integrated with the cover or the base and means that said module rails can be produced from sheet steel, which significantly reduces the production costs.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Volker Haag, Michael Joist, Klaus Kern, Paul Mazura
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Patent number: 6246585Abstract: A card-holding device for locking a printed circuit card in a guide rail of a subassembly/subrack includes a retaining element that is inserted in the guide rail at the front edge of a printing circuit card when the circuit card is inserted to retain the card. The retaining element swivels outward and away against the elastic restoring force of an activating element. The activating element is releasable from the retaining element to allow withdrawal of the printed circuit card.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Volker Haag, Paul Mazura, Klaus Pfeifer, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Udo Weiss, Michael Joist
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Patent number: 6238025Abstract: An assembly carrier for plug-in circuit boards has front supporting rails formed from the front end of a cover plate and base plate and has two side walls. Each of the supporting rails includes a roof that assists in insertion and removal of the plug-in circuit board. The roof includes a row holes and is formed from front edges of the cover plate and the base plate. A sectional rail of extruded aluminum is fastened on the cover plate and the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Klaus Kern, Michael Joist, Volker Haag
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Patent number: 6134119Abstract: A shielded module support structure for printed circuit boards 2 can be inserted on guide rail 7 and having electrical or electronic components has two parallel side walls 3 and at least four module rails 4 for bearing the guide rails 7. The module rails are anodized aluminum or an anodized aluminum alloy and have, at the front side, at least one seating surface 12 for one or more front plates 9, to improve electrical conductivity, sections of the module rails 4 are freed from the anodized layer. This can be done by removal of protrusions 18 by processes such as mechanical milling. For improved contacting, resilient contact bands 19 may be snapped onto the rails 4 into engagement with the bared seating surfaces 12. The resilient contact bands include sharp-edged breakouts 22 for conductive engagement with plates 9 for effecting a shielded enclosure about the circuit boards 2.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1997Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Paul Mazura, Volker Haag, Klaus Pfeifer, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Michael Joist, Udo Weiss
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Patent number: 6083037Abstract: A contact element having at least one leaf spring 2,3 has a U-shaped contact means 6, the two U-legs 8,9 of which taper towards their ends and can be elastically deformed with respect to each other. This contact element 1 is introduced into a guide groove 22 of a guide rail 13 of a module support structure or the like. The leaf springs 2,3 thereby contact a printed circuit board which can be inserted into the module support structure and the contact means 6, together with guide rail 13, can be clamped in a positioning hole 15 of a module rail 16 of the module support structure to thereby establish electrical contact with the module rail 16. In this manner, the interfering effect of an anodized layer on the module rail 16 is circumvented.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1997Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Paul Mazura, Volker Haag, Klaus Pfeifer, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Michael Joist, Udo Weiss
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Patent number: 6065614Abstract: A module support structure is proposed for printed circuit boards which can be inserted on guide rails. The four parallel module rails of the module support structure to which the guide rails are mounted are connected to the two parallel side walls via a special mounting technique. Specially shaped mounting bolts are used with a head bolt having a flat seating surface, a substantially cylindrical threaded shaft, as well as a transition piece disposed between the bolt head and the threaded shaft and tapering in a conical manner towards the threaded shaft. The mounting bolts are fed through cylindrical mounting holes in the module rails. During tightening, the transition piece abuts against the outer edge of the mounting holes to force the module rails against the projections disposed above or below the mounting holes. In this manner, an exact positioning of the module rails relative to the side walls is necessarily effected.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1997Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Paul Mazura, Volker Haag, Klaus Pfeifer, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Michael Joist, Udo Weiss
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Patent number: 5930120Abstract: A shielded module support structure 1 for printed circuit boards 2 which can be inserted on guide rails 7 and having electrical or electronic components is proposed comprising at least four module rails 4 for mounting the guide rails 7. The printed circuit boards 2 are assembled into plug-in modules 10, each having a front plate 9, wherein the front plates 9 are attached to a threaded-hole-strip using screws, the threaded-hole-strips seating in a groove 11, opening towards the front side of the module support structure 1, in the front module rail 4. In order to assure shielding of the module support structure 1 against interfering radio frequency fields, the front plates 9 are contacted with the module rails 4 using specially formed resilient contact bands 15 which can be snapped onto a seating surface 12 of the module rails 4.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Paul Mazura, Volker Haag, Klaus Pfeifer, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Michael Joist, Udo Weiss
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Patent number: 5853296Abstract: For the purpose of high frequency effective insulation for gaps in the enclosure of electronic devices, a plate 1 is proposed that shows a groove 9 on at least one of its narrow sides 7, 8. In this groove 9 is a spring element 2 with its attached leaf clip 12. Attached on the leaf clip 12 is a right-angled leaf spring 13, with a base piece 21 and a contact piece 22. The contact piece 22 is bent back on itself and bears a contact fin 29, which makes contact with the corresponding contact piece of a neighboring prefabricated component.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1996Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Michael Joist, Klaus Pfeifer
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Patent number: 5722787Abstract: An arrangement for coding a plug-in space of a plug-in module in a module rack by using a layout of at least one coding pin and at least one associated coding hole. The coding hole has at least one holding bracket through which extends a fastening screw, and the module rack has at least one front profiled rail which has a longitudinal groove into which there is inserted a perforated strip having equidistant holes. The holding bracket has a receiver for the coding pin, which receiver has an internal polygon. The coding pin is displaceable within the receiver and has a corresponding external polygon. The coding pin is provided with a longitudinally extending coding rib at its shaft. Also provided is at least one coding plug which has at least one pin for the introduction into a hold of the perforated strip. The coding plug has the coding hole for the coding pin and a through hole for the fastening screw. The coding hold is provided with an edge recess for the coding rib.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1996Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Paul Mazura, Michael Joist
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Patent number: 5675475Abstract: An insertion and withdrawal device for a plug-in assembly, provided for insertion into a sub-rack. A plunger is disposed in a holding bracket of the device for the purpose of actuating a microswitch. A space, that permits a switching process of the microswitch prior to separation of the plug connector, is provided between a press-down shoulder of the pivoting lever and the front surface of a profiled rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1996Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Paul Mazura, Michael Joist, Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Hans-Martin Schwenk
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Patent number: 5587888Abstract: An extracting device for plug-in modules having a holding bracket for securing a front plate as well as a printed circuit board to a profile rail of a module rack. A pivoted lever is articulated to a holding bracket; the pivoted lever rests with a pressing shoulder against a front face of the profile rail. To facilitate the extraction and to accomplish a large extraction lift, the pivoted lever is displaceable with respect to the holding bracket with the aid of a sliding mechanism which has a sliding pin on the holding bracket and a sliding track on the pivoted lever whose swing pin is displaceable in a slot of the holding bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1996Date of Patent: December 24, 1996Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventor: Michael Joist
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Patent number: 5504656Abstract: A device for removing a plug-in module adapted for insertion into a module rack is provided where the module rack has a front profile rail including a front strip and a front face, the front strip having a front edge. The plug-in module comprises a retaining block for securing the plug-in module to the front profile rail; a printed wiring board equipped with electronic components and screwed to the retaining block; and a front panel secured to the retaining block. The device includes a two-armed bell crank having a long lever arm and a short lever arm and being pivotally secured to the retaining block by a pivot pin. The long lever arm of the bell crank constitutes an actuation handle for the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1995Date of Patent: April 2, 1996Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventor: Michael Joist
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Patent number: 5398167Abstract: An insertion and extraction device for plug-in modules provided in component carriers, having a holding bracket and a pivoting lever. The holding bracket has a receiving slit for a front plate supports a console and two bearing cylinders, and the pivoting lever comprises a housing part and a lid part corresponding to this housing part, these parts being connected with frictional lockup by means of bushings and integral plug pins, and having integral support trays for the bearing cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1994Date of Patent: March 14, 1995Assignee: Schroff GmbHInventors: Michael Joist, Hans-Ulrich Guenther