Patents by Inventor Roland Hengstler

Roland Hengstler 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: 8829892
    Abstract: A relay, in particular for high-current operation, having at least one coil and a movable armature which by the magnetic flux generated in the at least one coil permits or interrupts a current flow via two main contact terminals and having a current-measuring instrument for measuring at least one current flowing via the main contact terminals by at least one Hall sensor has a device around the main contacts for aligning the magnetic flux with the Hall sensor or sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kissling Elektrotechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Kalmbach, Roland Hengstler, Werner Kern, Uwe Grindemann
  • Patent number: 8350649
    Abstract: A plunger switch for use as a switch element in an electrical circuit, has a housing and a plunger movable axially in a bore of the housing in the direction of a longitudinal axis and when in an operating position in which it is depressed toward the housing, acts on an electronic sensor unit situated in the housing, which in turn initiates a switching procedure in the electrical circuit by electrical pulses, and the plunger, in its axial plunging region into the bore of the housing, is peripherally provided with at least one lubricating groove, which permits a lubricating fluid to travel into the axial plunging region between the plunger and bore, and the electronic sensor unit is protected from a penetration of lubricating fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kissling Electrotechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Weirowski-Herz, Karl Steimle, Roland Hengstler
  • Publication number: 20120025936
    Abstract: A plunger switch for use as a switch element in an electrical circuit, has a housing and a plunger movable axially in a bore of the housing in the direction of a longitudinal axis and when in an operating position in which it is depressed toward the housing, acts on an electronic sensor unit situated in the housing, which in turn initiates a switching procedure in the electrical circuit by electrical pulses, and the plunger, in its axial plunging region into the bore of the housing, is peripherally provided with at least one lubricating groove, which permits a lubricating fluid to travel into the axial plunging region between the plunger and bore, and the electronic sensor unit is protected from a penetration of lubricating fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Achim Weirowski-Herz, Karl Steimle, Roland Hengstler
  • Publication number: 20110291777
    Abstract: A magnetically operated switch has a receiver which is mounted such that it is moveable between two switch positions, and which is used to actuate the magnetically operated switch, a housing relative to which the receiver is movably supported, a magnet, a magnetic sensor which interacts with the magnet, and evaluation electronics which are assigned to the magnetic sensor and can be used to generate a switch signal that is dependent on the switch positions of the receiver. To provide an improved magnetically operated switch, it has a magnetic shield which interacts with the magnet, the shield and the magnet are in different positions relative to one another depending on the switch positions of the receiver, and the evaluation electronics generate the switch signal depending on the relative positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Winfried Stiltz, Christian Uhlig, Achim Weirowski-Herz, Roland Hengstler
  • Publication number: 20110267034
    Abstract: A relay, in particular for high-current operation, having at least one coil and a movable armature which by the magnetic flux generated in the at least one coil permits or interrupts a current flow via two main contact terminals and having a current-measuring instrument for measuring at least one current flowing via the main contact terminals by at least one Hall sensor has a device around the main contacts for aligning the magnetic flux with the Hall sensor or sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Simon Kalmbach, Roland Hengstler, Werner Kern, Uwe Grindemann